1 AM/FM Radio Antenna Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:27 pm
floyd
Life time member
Howdy Krew,
This isnt a K question as such....but its an accessory fitted to my K so good enough
I have a marine stereo installed on my bike. It plays digital files from a USB stick, and it also has an AM/FM radio. I really like listening to the radio - particularly all flavours of the ABC.
Anyways, I have never been able to get the radio to pick up a good signal. I have a rubberised bendy antenna installed on the front fairing. The radio will only get a clean signal if I am touching the antenna's cable.
Do I simply need to ground the antenna? Perhaps its designed to go through a car roof and be grounded on the sheet metal? I did try earthing it with a bit of wire but no luck. It was a bit of a half ass attempt though, using what I had on hand at the time....
Anyways, hoping one of our electro-gurus will point me straight.
Cheers all,
Floyd
This isnt a K question as such....but its an accessory fitted to my K so good enough
I have a marine stereo installed on my bike. It plays digital files from a USB stick, and it also has an AM/FM radio. I really like listening to the radio - particularly all flavours of the ABC.
Anyways, I have never been able to get the radio to pick up a good signal. I have a rubberised bendy antenna installed on the front fairing. The radio will only get a clean signal if I am touching the antenna's cable.
Do I simply need to ground the antenna? Perhaps its designed to go through a car roof and be grounded on the sheet metal? I did try earthing it with a bit of wire but no luck. It was a bit of a half ass attempt though, using what I had on hand at the time....
Anyways, hoping one of our electro-gurus will point me straight.
Cheers all,
Floyd
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