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radio 1 mw

  • 24-05-2006 08:07PM
    #1
    easy_as_easy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭


    I know its 567 KHz but my radio just will not pick it up!! I have an FM aerial for the radio, could that be affecting it?


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  • #2
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,732 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Type/make of radio? Car radio?

    FM aerials and MW aerials are different, insofar as MW are really wire wound irons bars inside the device, FM aerials are rod extendable devices external, and they shouldnt interfere with each other.


  • #3
    easy_as_easy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭easy_as_easy


    its a Philips hifi, about 10 years old I think, even with the FM aerial out i cant get anything on MW or LW.


  • #4
    byte
    Moderators, Regional North West Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 19,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭byte
    byte


    Most hi-fi's had a seperate loop-aerial for MW and LW. Basically a square loop with wire twisted around it, with 2 wires to be fed into the HiFi

    Check back of hifi and make sure there isn't a place for an external AM aerial to go


  • #5
    DMC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,732 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    You may have lost the ferrite ring that comes with hifi stereos for MW reception. They sit outside the hifi itself...

    I'll get a pic of mine in a min.

    EDIT: and here's only I took earlier...

    loopmwaerial.JPG


  • #6
    easy_as_easy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 328 ✭✭easy_as_easy


    ohhh yeah! i had one of those! god knows where it is! must go look for it, thanks!


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