How To Make An FM Antenna For Stereo Receiver

[@Fiachraraven]

Can’t wait to try this. I liked and subscribed, great video.

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@@Fiachraraven Thank you very much. I'm happy to know you're able to use the information. What old school stereo system do you have?

[@ibgeorgeb]

Very informative. Thank you & best wishes. 👍🏾

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@@ibgeorgeb Thanks for your comment. Happy to help. Have a great day.

[@RobertsBulgaria]

Is there any particular reason why your thinner wires are about a yard long each - is there a science to this length or just guess work? Thank you.

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@RobertsBulgaria Hello and greetings. Yes, there is a science behind it. It's not just guesswork or averaging arbitrarily. It has to be at least 29 inches long. I can't remember the exact science, but we did it in college a long time ago. Sorry, I don't remember the specifics about it. The FM antenna and the AM antenna are different from each other. If you remember, when we had the transistor radios back in the days, we had a long pole for the antenna. Thank you very much for watching and for your comment. Have a great day.

[@RobertsBulgaria]

@@irfaanxlcr8370 Yes, I had an old SHARP radio cassette player that the retractable car type aerial broke off and I later found it in my Father's shed with a drill bit pushed into the hole and a length of copper electrical wire with a bared end wrapped around it and it worked a treat. My digital clock radio only has a single thin wire for an antenna and I found a couple of never used plug in antennas yesterday which I haven't unravelled yet, but I think one is a T with places to put drawing pins to keep it in place on a wall etc. Just trying to get the never used radio function on an old Philips CD/DVD receiver working is all. Thank you.

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@RobertsBulgaria Yeah, I hear you. Even an old wire coat hanger could work as an antenna for an AM radio. Back in the 60s, my aunt had a radio which was battery-operated, of course, and it had AM as well as Short Wave and Long Wave. I don't know if you remember those frequencies. Late at night, we could listen to radio stations from London on the shortwave band. Take care have a great day

[@elainechaput2712]

​@@irfaanxlcr8370that was such a cool thing to listen on! Like another planet 😊

[@loremgameryt10]

Which is wire use in this video coaxial cable name 😢

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@@loremgameryt10 It's actually called cross connect wire. It's what the phone company uses on the cross boxes and frame equipment. You can use any wire like that this one is 22 or 24 gauge. If you have any phone company technicians driving around the neighborhood just ask them for a piece of cross connect wire. Otherwise any hardware store or electrical store would have small gauge wire. Let me know if that's useful information for you. Thank you very much for watching have a great day

[@simbarashemagadzire578]

Awesome. Thank you

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@@simbarashemagadzire578 Now you can listen to your radio stations static free. Thanks for watching. Have a great day

[@m9ovich785]

You must be a Telco Tech ?? the Snips & the Cross Connect wire is a give away LOL... 37 Years retired here...

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

Tip and ring. Blue orange green Brown slate. Breakdown voltage. Pick a bonds. Used to be. Retired like you too. We always had the best tools. Hope you're enjoying your retirement. Thanks for watching and for your comment. Have a great day brother

[@extremeauto6238]

😂 just buy the wire some are like $5

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@extremeauto6238 Yeah, I know they are readily available. But I like to do stuff. Thanks for your comment. Thanks for watching. Have a great day

[@bryanedger]

WAAAY too much work to save $9

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@bryanedger Actually $9.99 😁 . Where is your sense of adventure? Where is the MacGyver inside of you ? Where is that Leonardo da Vinci lurking in your subconscious? I just like doing stuff. Thanks for watching have a great day

[@lorriemcgee5562]

Horrible photography.

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

@lorriemcgee5562 OUCH !!! No Oscar 🎬 🏆? Where were you when I needed a cameraman? Thanks for watching and for your comment. Have a great day. 😊

[@lorriemcgee5562]

@@irfaanxlcr8370 I'm sorry to be callous, please invest in some kind of camera stand. It was informative, but very hard to watch, the parts where it was often out of focus hurt my eyes. Please continue offering videos, I really didn't mean to step on your toes. ✌️

[@irfaanxlcr8370]

Fuhgeddaboudit. You're right. It is a bit shoddy. I have all of those tripods and camera stuff. I'm just a bit lazy to set them up, but I'll try to improve in the future. Sorry about your eyes. Thanks a lot for watching and for your comment. Have a great day