[Boatanchors] antenna question

[Gary Pewitt]

Use it.  There isn't that much difference.


On 1/4/2013 7:21 AM, Gerry Steffens wrote:
> An acquaintance who is also a boatanchor collector/SWL/BCB DXer (and messes
> with longwave a little bit) asked me the following antenna question.  It has
> been a while since I have sharpened up on antennas so I said I would ask the
> wizards.
>
> Wizards:
>
> He recently moved from a plain old house to a quite new residence with metal
> siding.  He reports that reception has gone in the tank compared to his old
> place.  He has various radios scattered throughout the house and had
> previously connected only a chunk of wire to most and received a good
> quantity of signals.  He also uses several McKay/Dymek active loop antennas
> (one per radio) on some of the BCB radios.  None of these work well in the
> new place.  He uses a McKay/Dymek (Stoner) outdoor active antenna (DA100D)
> at his bench.  The latter works very well.  The DA100D has an amplifier at
> the outdoor antenna and another inside at the bench.  Output of the base
> unit is RG58 cable to the receiver in use.
>
> The local TV-DSL/internet provider has gone digital and recently came
> through and replaced their old system box with a new one at the entry point
> and ran CAT 5 cable from their new box to another "BOX" at each TV set and
> computer, abandoning his 75 ohm analog distribution system which runs all
> over the house.  The question: Is there a good way to connect the active
> antenna output which uses RG58, 50 ohm output  to utilize the 75 ohm system
> to get an antenna to his several radios and expect decent receiving
> performance?
>
> He came up with this as he was preparing to remove the old abandoned system.
> He has decided that if he can't use the 75 ohm system, "Its gotta go!"
> Frankly, he has more ambition than I as I would just let the old system
> collect spider webs.
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
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Gary Pewitt   N9ZSV
1500 French Prairie Rd
Booneville, AR  72927