DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
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DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
Wanting to make myself a dipole to improve the reception on my dab radio , Can anyone please help What lenth will i need to cut the wire for this , trouble is i do not know what frequency that is used for dab radio ?
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
Google know DAB frequency in UK for sure.
Does your radio have external antenna socket?
Does your radio have external antenna socket?
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
NO Chris it has not just a short antenna fitted
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
So forget it, unless you will modify your radio with external antenna socket.
Now all you can do is to attach a piece of wire to existing antenna and hope for better reception.
Now all you can do is to attach a piece of wire to existing antenna and hope for better reception.
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
Try a quarter wave at 31cm, UK DAB is around the 220Mhz mark, same as US ham band on 1.25m. A tiger tale could help but height is might with any radio aerial. If you're really struggling for signal put a socket on the radio and use a suitable yagi beam aerial
UK DAB frequecies:
11B = 218.640Mhz
11C = 220.352Mhz
11D = 222.064Mhz
12A = 223.936Mhz
12B = 225.648Mhz
12C = 227.360Mhz
12D = 229.072Mhz
UK DAB frequecies:
11B = 218.640Mhz
11C = 220.352Mhz
11D = 222.064Mhz
12A = 223.936Mhz
12B = 225.648Mhz
12C = 227.360Mhz
12D = 229.072Mhz
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
mybe something like this ?
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
Large bulldog clip added on the telescopic antenna weirdly worked from me in a cellar type place ha ha give it a try with a retune..
looking for propagation for 2013 and beyond... Operating close to the Edge....
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
Build a yagi beam for it. It would be interesting to see what distant stations you can pick up. A 13 element would do.
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
I fitted a SO239 to a DAB clock radio, still have it in the shed. was amazing RX when on the colinear.
Here it is receiving some Norwegian DAB back in 2016
Here it is receiving some Norwegian DAB back in 2016
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
MrWeetabix wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 07:13 I fitted a SO239 to a DAB clock radio, still have it in the shed. was amazing RX when on the colinear.
Here it is receiving some Norwegian DAB back in 2016
What colinear were you using?
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That was with a lift on btw! haha. But I did live a mile from the sea and it was an X510 vertical.....Werthers wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 17:16MrWeetabix wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 07:13 I fitted a SO239 to a DAB clock radio, still have it in the shed. was amazing RX when on the colinear.
Here it is receiving some Norwegian DAB back in 2016
What colinear were you using?
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
I gathered that besides it be pretty amazing if there wasn't a lift on and you got that station. Being by the coast helps and the X510 antenna has a nice gain on it.MrWeetabix wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 18:59That was with a lift on btw! haha. But I did live a mile from the sea and it was an X510 vertical.....Werthers wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 17:16MrWeetabix wrote: ↑01 Apr 2021, 07:13 I fitted a SO239 to a DAB clock radio, still have it in the shed. was amazing RX when on the colinear.
Here it is receiving some Norwegian DAB back in 2016
What colinear were you using?
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Re: DIY DAB RADIO ANTENNA HELP PLEASE
I use a comet GP-9 now and have some height. May bring it in from the shed and give it a go, see what stations I can get from here!
The GP-9’s Gain : 144 / 8.5dBi 433 / 11.90 dBi
It certainly feels lighter than the x510, that was a really heavy antenna
The GP-9’s Gain : 144 / 8.5dBi 433 / 11.90 dBi
It certainly feels lighter than the x510, that was a really heavy antenna
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