I'm not allowed to put an outside antenna up where i live for "safety" reasons. i live in a mobile home which metal cuts the signal out a lot, so i'm stuck with a poor telescoping antenna on a handheld scanner powered by 4 eneloops. here is a photo of it
First is the antenna closed down
Here is a photo of it extended
Here is a photo of the make shift antenna i could use (it's a dipole antenna that was attached to the back of my record player and stapled it to the top of my wall across the ceiling (here is a photo of my set up
at the end of the wire (where it screws into the stereo) i cut both ends off and attached a small gator clip to the end and clamp an end of it to the antenna like so
I turned it on and ran it like this for a few minutes and it improves the signal a good bit. (except when an airplane goes by, the signal gets a little choppy, but it straightens out when it goes away/ i live close to an airport) i'm able to pick up stations i wasn't able to before. my question and main concern is, is their any possible way i could damage the radio by running it like this? im not concerned about the antenna, i'm just wondering if it's safe to do so and won't damage my radio.
First is the antenna closed down
Here is a photo of it extended
Here is a photo of the make shift antenna i could use (it's a dipole antenna that was attached to the back of my record player and stapled it to the top of my wall across the ceiling (here is a photo of my set up
at the end of the wire (where it screws into the stereo) i cut both ends off and attached a small gator clip to the end and clamp an end of it to the antenna like so
I turned it on and ran it like this for a few minutes and it improves the signal a good bit. (except when an airplane goes by, the signal gets a little choppy, but it straightens out when it goes away/ i live close to an airport) i'm able to pick up stations i wasn't able to before. my question and main concern is, is their any possible way i could damage the radio by running it like this? im not concerned about the antenna, i'm just wondering if it's safe to do so and won't damage my radio.
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