Fitting an fm antenna to my new stereo

amandstu

I got a Akai aa-m8l stereo radio receiver second hand and it has come without an fm antenna although there is a point on it at the back for a 75 ohm antenna.

It looked like a terrestrial tv antenna would go into it (I have a few) but it was little too large.

Can I order this part online (or from shop) and work away as if it was a normal tv antenna?(attach a coaxial

cable and solder a couple of extensions)

Or is it just as easy (and cheap) to buy a 75 ohm fm radio antenna)?

Antenna

Sounds like you just need a common tv aerial 'joiner' to act as an adaptor on the socket of the receiver.

Connecting to a TV aerial may give acceptable results on FM depending on a number of factors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belling-Lee_connector

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118231789#Comment_118231789

Great idea. I had one of those to hand as well as an indoor tv aerial that I was able to connect ,using that joiner to the back of the radio.

No noticeable difference in reception though.

Maybe a proper fm radio aerial would give better results???

Reception is not too bad even so .I think I will relocate the radio to a better part of the house and see if reception improves away from the thick walls where it is now.

It might just be the radio itself(or my own hearing )

It is an Akai AA-M8L btw.

Antenna

Does the indoor TV aerial have two long (when extended) telescopic rods? These are for VHF (including FM radio) . Try positioning it so that one rod is going straight up and the other one straight down which might give best results

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118241357#Comment_118241357

I have a feeling that the radio itself might not be as good as I hoped.

I did take it to a good part of the house and connected the indoor aerial .The reception was similar to previously and I thought at first that the aerial was not making a difference.

But then I noticed that if the radio was just off the station (rte) without the aerial that it would catch the station fine as soon as I connected the serial (the light would come on to indicate that the tuning was good)

But even so the quality of the reception was not quite as good as I hoped.

I also noticed that the flex for the speakers interfered badly with reception(they are long flexes but not unwound,which seems to make it worse)

By moving the speakers a bit there was no hissing ....

Malmsteen

Bit pricey but maybe be ideal for your Stereo..

https://www.adverts.ie/cables/indoor-fm-radio-antenna-dipole/24471589

amandstu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118294413#Comment_118294413

Not sure .I have a small rabbit ears indoor aerial attached now and I suspect I am getting the best out of the stereo as the lights come on (when I attach it and position it right) and yet the clarity is not as good as I hoped.

I feel that probably this is a stereo that is "adequate" but not very exciting (not really hifi)

I only paid 35 for it on adverts.ie and so,if I remain disgruntled it should not be to hard to get a better one down the road