Topic: Improving DAB Radio Reception

[sam]

 

[Simon]

Indeed!

[Clive]

We still haven't opened up Gill's radio and modified the aerial using a soldering iron.  It needs to be extended by one means or another and nobody has yet commented on my previous suggestions which are both quite sound.

[sam]

Sounds like a great plan.

[Simon]

 

[GillE]

We still haven't opened up Gill's radio and modified the aerial using a soldering iron.

Gulp!  That sounds drastic.  I don't have a soldering iron and wouldn't know how to use one .

[Rik]

Think of it as a hot chisel, Gill.

[Clive]

It's easier than you think Gill but even standing the radio in an aluminium tray should improve the reception.  Wrapping your "pigs tail" aerial onto a length of wire will further improve the signal.  I used to string an aerial all the way down to the bottom of the garden (using the line post) when I was a kid and that enabled me to pick up radio stations in Buffalo New York and beyond.     Nerds such as myself would then write to the station and tell them what they were playing at a particular time and they would post a Q card to confirm the station was picked up.  Q cards were highly prized possessions.   

[Rik]

Of course, you are missing the point about frequency usage, Clive. The aerial length needs to relate to the broadcast frequency.

[Clive]

Yes, I know.  We haven't come to an agreement yet though!  Plenty of time to get technical.   

[Rik]

 

[Simon]

This could get interesting! 

[Clive]

Especially for Gill.   

[sam]

Don't make me go all radio astrophysicist on ya'll (I had a meeting today on how to build 200,000 perfect dipole antennas - they having a laugh and I'll have to fix with software). I agree with clives tray idea. Will work as a nice ground plate too.

[Clive]

So let me get this clear in my head... Gill has to build 200,000 perfect dipole antennas in order to get her radio to work?