mick
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DEoes anyone know of a portable radio (not VHF, obviously) which has a socket for an external aerial?
Radio aerial
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ms1
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Steepletone, Maycom, Uniden, Yupiteru make handheld radios with combined FM and airband capabilities. Some have a flexible rubber aerial like a handheld VHF which can be removed and the radio attached to an antenna with a push & turn connection (BNC I think it is called) . These are esentially hand held size .. perhaps you wish your 'portable radio' to be a bit more substantial than that .... (eg 'table top' portable) .. havent seen one of those with an external antenna socket for many years
mr_bosun
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Hi Mick,
When my trusty Roberts gave up the ghost I brought a Pure Evoke-2, because of it's ability to support an external aerial (a seventy foot steel box isn't ideal for radio reception).
Can be a bit tinny on classical stations, but generally been very happy with it.
When my trusty Roberts gave up the ghost I brought a Pure Evoke-2, because of it's ability to support an external aerial (a seventy foot steel box isn't ideal for radio reception).
Can be a bit tinny on classical stations, but generally been very happy with it.
steve_cronin
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May be going the wrong way here but....
...if you are looking for something to use in a steel boat, say, rather than a strictly "portable" (take to the park) type then consider various models of micro-stereo made by Aiwa. Some of these (all of which have external aerials) are capable of being run on 12 volts DC. We had one on our last boat and it was excellent.
You may need to personally examine the rear end of each set on display at Comet, for when I bought mine, the assistants hadn't got a clue when I asked for one that ran on 12 volts.
Steve Cronin
...if you are looking for something to use in a steel boat, say, rather than a strictly "portable" (take to the park) type then consider various models of micro-stereo made by Aiwa. Some of these (all of which have external aerials) are capable of being run on 12 volts DC. We had one on our last boat and it was excellent.
You may need to personally examine the rear end of each set on display at Comet, for when I bought mine, the assistants hadn't got a clue when I asked for one that ran on 12 volts.
Steve Cronin
William_H
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Re: May be going the wrong way here but....
If you are wanting an extrnal aerial on an existing portable radio for MF AM an old trick was to open the set and find the ferrite rod aerial. It loks like carbon rod sometimes 5/16 inch diameter a few inches long also someties in a flatter rod shape which has a coil wound around it.
Get some fairly thin enamalled copper wire from another coil of some sort and wind a coil around the ferrite rod. About 30 turns should do it. One end of this coil should connect to the radio earth. If you can't find any metal part then either of the battery terminals will also work. The other end of the coil can be connected to a long outside aerial.
Alternatively you can connect a long outside aerial to one end of the existing coil on the ferrite rod. There may be several connections to the coil or coils so try them all for best results.
For me I would find a car radio from a car wreckers yard. An old style mechanically tuned. That of course needs an external aerial. It might be a bit heavy on dry batteries though. If you want portable and have no 12 v supply.
good luck olewill
If you are wanting an extrnal aerial on an existing portable radio for MF AM an old trick was to open the set and find the ferrite rod aerial. It loks like carbon rod sometimes 5/16 inch diameter a few inches long also someties in a flatter rod shape which has a coil wound around it.
Get some fairly thin enamalled copper wire from another coil of some sort and wind a coil around the ferrite rod. About 30 turns should do it. One end of this coil should connect to the radio earth. If you can't find any metal part then either of the battery terminals will also work. The other end of the coil can be connected to a long outside aerial.
Alternatively you can connect a long outside aerial to one end of the existing coil on the ferrite rod. There may be several connections to the coil or coils so try them all for best results.
For me I would find a car radio from a car wreckers yard. An old style mechanically tuned. That of course needs an external aerial. It might be a bit heavy on dry batteries though. If you want portable and have no 12 v supply.
good luck olewill
wooslehunter
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Re: May be going the wrong way here but....
Some Icoms like the IC-M1V have a small screw connector that's called an SMA. You can get adaptors from SMA to BNC. Other makes may too.
Some Icoms like the IC-M1V have a small screw connector that's called an SMA. You can get adaptors from SMA to BNC. Other makes may too.
brianrunyard
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Does it have to be portable, why not fit a car radio?
