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midwestclubber
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Where exactly did you guys plug the antenna in, When the one guy, got a mile of coverage with his Dipole? What outlet do you plug a Broadcast antenna into?
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Where would one Plug a Broadcast Antenna, On a Sirius Fm Mod Unit
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SamBuca
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> Where exactly did you guys plug the antenna in, When the one
> guy, got a mile of coverage with his Dipole? What outlet do
> you plug a Broadcast antenna into?
Um...wouldn't you need to make sure the impedance matched, it has enough drive, and you tune it for VSWR?<P ID="signature">______________
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> guy, got a mile of coverage with his Dipole? What outlet do
> you plug a Broadcast antenna into?
Um...wouldn't you need to make sure the impedance matched, it has enough drive, and you tune it for VSWR?<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
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midwestclubber
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> > Where exactly did you guys plug the antenna in, When the
> one
> > guy, got a mile of coverage with his Dipole? What outlet
> do
> > you plug a Broadcast antenna into?
>
> Um...wouldn't you need to make sure the impedance matched,
> it has enough drive, and you tune it for VSWR?
>
Yeah, i know the Impedence is an important thing, thats one of the things im talking about. But I just dont know where they are plugging antennas in at, their is no outlet on mine, to hook up an external broadcast antenna.
> one
> > guy, got a mile of coverage with his Dipole? What outlet
> do
> > you plug a Broadcast antenna into?
>
> Um...wouldn't you need to make sure the impedance matched,
> it has enough drive, and you tune it for VSWR?
>
Yeah, i know the Impedence is an important thing, thats one of the things im talking about. But I just dont know where they are plugging antennas in at, their is no outlet on mine, to hook up an external broadcast antenna.
> Where exactly did you guys plug the antenna in, When the one
> guy, got a mile of coverage with his Dipole? What outlet do
> you plug a Broadcast antenna into?
>
I don't know about your particular unit, but I had a CD to FM mobile unit and the power cord that plugged into the lighter socket was the antenna. Probably one of the cords on yours is the FM antenna.
Neil
> guy, got a mile of coverage with his Dipole? What outlet do
> you plug a Broadcast antenna into?
>
I don't know about your particular unit, but I had a CD to FM mobile unit and the power cord that plugged into the lighter socket was the antenna. Probably one of the cords on yours is the FM antenna.
Neil
> Yeah, i know the Impedence is an important thing, thats one
> of the things im talking about. But I just dont know where
> they are plugging antennas in at, their is no outlet on
> mine, to hook up an external broadcast antenna.
These Sirius radios sure do have strong FM TX's!
I bought a Sanyo CRSR-10, and was surprised to see how much stronger its FM signal was than my XM MyFi. The MyFi must be within a few feet of even the most sensitive radios I have, for the FM signal to be heard.
The CRSR-10, OTOH, can be heard at the other end of my home with a nice signal, on a good radio. I wish the MyFi had such a strong signal. As it is, to listen to XM in other rooms, I must either take the MyFi with me, or plug it into my Part 15 AM TX.
Getting to your question - on the right side of the CRSR-10, there is a jack labeled "FM OUT". According to the manual, this is intended to be connected to a signal injector, as one would use in a vehicle installation to connect in between the existing antenna and FM radio. It would probably be an interesting experiment to connect a pair of "rabbit ears" to this jack and see the results. However, the "FM OUT" is a little headphone-sized jack, and I have lost track of the adaptor I'd need to get to the 300 ohm "flat cable" that my rabbit ears offer.
> of the things im talking about. But I just dont know where
> they are plugging antennas in at, their is no outlet on
> mine, to hook up an external broadcast antenna.
These Sirius radios sure do have strong FM TX's!
I bought a Sanyo CRSR-10, and was surprised to see how much stronger its FM signal was than my XM MyFi. The MyFi must be within a few feet of even the most sensitive radios I have, for the FM signal to be heard.
The CRSR-10, OTOH, can be heard at the other end of my home with a nice signal, on a good radio. I wish the MyFi had such a strong signal. As it is, to listen to XM in other rooms, I must either take the MyFi with me, or plug it into my Part 15 AM TX.
Getting to your question - on the right side of the CRSR-10, there is a jack labeled "FM OUT". According to the manual, this is intended to be connected to a signal injector, as one would use in a vehicle installation to connect in between the existing antenna and FM radio. It would probably be an interesting experiment to connect a pair of "rabbit ears" to this jack and see the results. However, the "FM OUT" is a little headphone-sized jack, and I have lost track of the adaptor I'd need to get to the 300 ohm "flat cable" that my rabbit ears offer.
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