Poor Radio Reception
With the trailer in our signature we get really poor radio reception. We have one of those short stubby steel antennas with the spring on the bottom. Is the antenna the problem? What did you replac...
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Since I'm not to keen on AM, I built a J-pole antenna that is tunable to frequency ranges. When parked at the house, I like to listen to my favorite jazz station that has low broadcast power. The J-pole picks it up nicely. I mount the long J-pole on the side of my trailer using a steel spring tool holder screwed into a stud and through the siding. The signal connection is made through a coaxial fitting, connected to the radio inside and a short length of coaxial outside to the antenna. The antenna is made with 1/2" copper pipe.
About J-pole antennas
About J-pole antennas
