Re: DIY DAB Car Aerial

Provided that it's resonable 50 ohm coax the length of the coax should not
be that critical at 223MHz
Must admit I've been meaning to try thus myself. I did drive round with the
Evoke 1 in the car nunning on ots own whip aerial and it worked quite well,
including on the car's 13.8v supply.
Think I'll give it a try

"Peter Rusling" <pReEtMeOrV.ErusTlHiInSg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Peter Rusling wrote:
>> I'm being a cheapskate and looking to find an inexpensive option for
>> boosting the signal of a portable DAB unit in a car. At the moment
>> it has a 5m length of 50ohm cable attached and the signal is OK in a
>> strong area, but I'm sure it will disappear as soon as I move into
>> weaker areas.
>> This is probably not the place to say it (!) but I have to admit to
>> knowing little about radio transmissions... The manufactured DAB
>> aerials seem to be either 26cm, 30cm or 44cm with 30cm being
>> recommended elsewhere to receive UK DAB transmissions.
>>
>> A Maplin Magmount with a suitable rod antenna seems an option - do I
>> need to find a rod antenna that's a specific length to optimally
>> receive the DAB signals or can I get away with a telescopic aerial
>> and adjust it to suit! Any other suggestions would be very welcome;
>> cheers in anticipation for your help
>
> Thanks for all the advice.
>
> I travelled around today with my 5 m of 50 ohm cable (soldered to the
> original wire string connecting points on the receiver) and the good
> reception in my local area rapidly deteriorated into all varieties of
> bubbling mud elsewhere, as I'd expected! I'll look in Maplins tomorrow
> for a rod around 12.5 in as recommended and a magmount base. Should I
> keep the cable run as short/long as possible, or doesn't that really
> matter?
>


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