Will this antennae help with a radio that has a telescoping antennae already on the radio?
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How would you connect this antenna, is there a place on the radio for a second antenna (e.g. 75 ohm or two screws?) 75 ohm would require a converter. This is an inexpensive antenna, and not very good. I don't believe it will make the reception better, as you already have an antenna. If your radio has a place to attach a second antenna, look for a better antenna.
1323323
Do you have the connections for an external antenna? If you do, this type of antenna should help.
1323324
If the receiver has terminals to attach an external AM/FM antenna, it will work. You cannot attach this to an existing antenna.
1323325
Yes, it will. You will probably have to do some fine tuning, yet extend the telescopic antenna before you do so. The relative success of which may depend upon how good your current signal is or if you are located in a larger city or rural location.
770170
If this is the unit that is wired in series with the antenna lead it should work as long it is the last device before the radio
236129
Probably so. It will fit pretty much anything with a telescoping FM antenna. SONY likely used the same antenna on all of their boom box-type radios to keep the cost down and avoid having to have a bunch of different antennae in inventory.
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Yes it will help you with long distance stations,,Stations in your area you won't need it as the whip on your radio will pick them up,,
905935
Check to see if your radio has an external antenna connection, if it does plug the jack into it , if not plug the jack into the adaptor supplied and clip the other end onto the shaft closest to the tip of the radio's antenna.
816720
It has a wire antenna, which is very helpful when the signal strength is low. Further, my experience is that those "permanent" telescoping metal antennas are not all that permanent and very easily bent and all too east to get broken, leaving you with no antenna or a jagged piece of metal.
661325
Yes it does. It also permits diversity antenna connections from the universal antenna socket, that's the third connection.
1115265
I have just used the antenna that came with my radio and it has worked fine. I make sure that the antenna is straight and fastened at a height that is higher than the radio. And be sure that the antenna is pushed in as far as it can.
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To the best of my knowledge, yes. I replaced the included "rubber ducky" antennas with the butterfly type with some improvement. I have seen directional antennas available for the 5.8 freq range so they should work fine.
1472316
No. It's a telescoping whip antenna. The ferrite core antenna is inside of your radio and is for the AM band. You may want to add an external (outside) antenna if your radio has a jack or terminals for one or you could wrap a few inches or so of a 6' piece of wire around the existing whip and drape the rest around or out of a window. If your radio has a very short antenna then this replacement antenna may help if it attaches the same way as the existing whip. If your radio does not have a whip antenna the antenna is the radio's power cord so you can move that around or move the radio to a different location and that may help.
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Jeff, I'm not an antenna engineer so really can't answer but would suggest try both wires to the single screw just to see what happens. Next step would be to disconnect the telescoping antenna and try one lead to that and one to the screw connection. It seems there should be available a good boombox equivalent to the mini-stereo systems of yesterday, let me know if you find one. Cliff Gollus
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Yes, this acts like an extention. The jack on end of your original radio antenna goes into a weather proof coupler and the cable's other end looks like your old antenna cable jack that plugs into the radio.
499195
it puts your antenna higher so you can get the stations in, it may or may not help you get more stations in
72063
The radio has a telescoping antenna mounted to the top of the unit which can be swiveled around to get signal improvement. I have not seen the need to connect any other antenna to this radio. It performs very well and picks up St. Louis stations from at least 60 miles away. I have also picked up Chicago stations which would be more than 450 miles away.
1800117
If your current support is the double pole adjustable with a mounting hole in each which has a pin and C-clip to hold the antennae to the support poles, then it should work fine.
1616232
Yes it will. However, in my case I did not see any performance improvement using this antenna. I ended up returning it and sticking with the stock antenna.
1612553
Yes, but it will interfere with the distance your antenna can get a signal from. This may or may not matter depending on where the stations are you are trying to pick up.