jaymot
Member
I happened to find a nice, free online resource of information today:
Monitoring Times Reference Library
and specifically, and germane to this forum
http://www.monitoringtimes.com/antennabook.pdf
Under the topic of hidden antennas in that antenna book I saw that some people have resorted to all kinds of things including using disused telephone or electric wiring. That reminded me that a few months ago, I'd switched from regular POTS service and ADSL to a FTTH (fiber to the home) Internet connection with VoIP, and the installer left the old telephone wiring and jack in place. That gave me an idea. I disconnected the wiring from inside the jack, stripped the "tip" connector and soldered it to the "tip" of a 1/8 inch (3.5mm) plug and pludded it in to the antenna jack of my radio. The radio's supposed to use a monaural two-conductor 3.5mm plug for its external antenna connection but all I could find were 3-conductor (tip, ring and sleeve) stereo plugs such as used for earbud headphones and the like, but I thought I'd give it a try. WOW! I'm going to have fun! I wonder how many meters or kilometers of antenna I have now?
Anyway, I thought I'd share a nice reference library with y'all.
Monitoring Times Reference Library
and specifically, and germane to this forum
http://www.monitoringtimes.com/antennabook.pdf
Under the topic of hidden antennas in that antenna book I saw that some people have resorted to all kinds of things including using disused telephone or electric wiring. That reminded me that a few months ago, I'd switched from regular POTS service and ADSL to a FTTH (fiber to the home) Internet connection with VoIP, and the installer left the old telephone wiring and jack in place. That gave me an idea. I disconnected the wiring from inside the jack, stripped the "tip" connector and soldered it to the "tip" of a 1/8 inch (3.5mm) plug and pludded it in to the antenna jack of my radio. The radio's supposed to use a monaural two-conductor 3.5mm plug for its external antenna connection but all I could find were 3-conductor (tip, ring and sleeve) stereo plugs such as used for earbud headphones and the like, but I thought I'd give it a try. WOW! I'm going to have fun! I wonder how many meters or kilometers of antenna I have now?
Anyway, I thought I'd share a nice reference library with y'all.