Fitting co-ax aerial socket to DAB radio that doesn't have one
- From: "Tyro" <kenissitt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 6 Dec 2006 10:33:55 -0800
I recently bought a Sony CMT-SPZ90DAB mini hi-fi with a DAB radio. The
aerial provided is a 2m length of wire connected to one female pin of a
a small plastic 3 pin plug which fits into a 3 male pin socket. There
is no other aerial connection. Reception in my area is very poor and I
have lost most of my favourite FM stations, and can receive only 6 DAB
frequencies.
I have a roof top mounted FM Yagi with 50 ohm co-ax and an internal
"slim jim" DAB aerial with 75 ohm co-ax and no way of connecting either
to the radio. Connecting to the single pin or the aerial wire, and
earthing the braid to casing doesn't work.
A Google search provided the following from a 2001 post to this group
"If you *must* go tampering inside this crap radio, connect the coax
inner via a small (100pf?) capacitor to wherever the dangly wire goes,
and the outer by another capacitor to the largest lump of copper you
can
find on the PCB."
Can anyone confirm that this is correct or have any other suggestions?
I know little about radio electronics and would appreciate help from
one of you knowledgable boffins out there.
Here's hoping.
.
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