How do you hook this up for FM/AM ? I bought this due to that listed feature, but findonly a coax mount. Was expecting an antenna mount of some kind.
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I am not sure but I believe you are talking bout hooking up a radio. Coaxial mount is for TV.
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You can run the coax to the FM receiver and then use a matching transformer at the receiver.
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You'll need an adapter to hook up the coaxial output to the back of your "FM" Radio. I don't own one of these however FM and Analog TV signals used to span over each other at the edge of their spectrums. I know things are digital now but it says right on the box that the product is for TV and FM radio so I'll bet you serious money if your radio will accommodate an antenna at the most you may need an adapter. I have a digital radio shack multiband radio with a coaxial receptacle on board and built in. For sure that connection would hook right up to this device. Hope this helps. Best of luck to you. You'll need an adapter to hook up the coaxial output to the back of your "FM" Radio. I don't own one of these however FM and Analog TV signals used to span over each other at the edge of their spectrums. I know things are digital now but it says right on the box that the product is for TV and FM radio so I'll bet you serious money if your radio will accommodate an antenna at the most you may need an adapter. I have a digital radio shack multiband radio with a coaxial receptacle on board and built in. For sure that connection would hook right up to this device. Hope this helps.... » Read More You'll need an adapter to hook up the coaxial output to the back of your "FM" Radio. I don't own one of these however FM and Analog TV signals used to span over each other at the edge of their spectrums. I know things are digital now but it says right on the box that the product is for TV and FM radio so I'll bet you serious money if your radio will accommodate an antenna at the most you may need an adapter. I have a digital radio shack multiband radio with a coaxial receptacle on board and built in. For sure that connection would hook right up to this device. Hope this helps. Best of luck to you. « Show Less
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The AM antenna is internal. There is a jack for an external FM antenna. A small external FM antenna may have come with it; I don't recall. If there was, I tossed it because I didn't need it to get local FM stations.
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Sorry, like everyone else, I only use it for cb. I don't know if it can be used for am/fm. But it works great for cb. Just make sure you tune it using the tunable tip. I also got my meter on amazon for cheap. It was easy, just look it up online how to tune the antenna.
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Hello Stan, where are you mounting your antenna mounts? Using the firestik MKM2 body mount will solve this problem as the antenna is not NGP but the antenna mount is. I used the mount on my truck bed cross over tool box and did not need to ground the box to the frame of my truck. I used one for my Uniden SSB Radio and one for my Unuden Scanner. Both work great. I hope this helps.
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The product has a RCA style jack for it's tuner input. Supplied with the product is an adapter that adapts the standard "F" coax connector to RCA. If you don't want to use the adapter you could always solder a RCA plug directly to your coax.
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At Radio Shack, for about $12-$13, I bought a wire antenna,and an adaptor to connect it to the back of the radio. You have to "fool" with it to get it in the right location, but it tremendously improves reception.
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The Radio that I have has a plug in antenna connector that seems to be like a headphone jack(8mm I think?),the radio comes with a roll up antenna that kinda works,but you could download the details/instructions off the Sony site probably?in fact there are also amplified antenna's out there,but that might amplify noise also?Check out some of the radio equipment sites for accesories,I've seen that some of these guys make their own antennas with just a copper wire streached out in the backyard with a connector soldered on,maybe Radio Shack or Universal Radio can help?I seem to get along with what came with the radio or I'm just to lazy to order and install a real antenna,haha!Good luck and happy listening,this is an awesome radio in this price group!
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Im not sure I understand the question. I have an analog signal going to the box but I have to use a digital converter box because of where I am and its an ntsc . signal the antenna is hooked up to the converter. But if you have free wave analig stations there is a place to put an antenna directly on the tuner, or anything you want to connect with a coaxial cable. I have it hooked up to a computer monitor, and have all my video game systems, dvd player, and converter box attached to it. Just switch between inputs. It should work fine
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This type of antenna is for FM reception only....look for an antenna specifically for AM reception.
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YES Comes with a 30" FM antenna.Also screws for external AM.,whichYES for both AM & FM.Comes with a 30" FM antenna.
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There is a jack for external antenna; I have to think it helps for AM broadcast (or longwave as you put it). The manual calls it specifically a jack for external FM/SW antenna so maybe not? Sorry if that wasn't much help....
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Nathan, how does one connect the adapter to the car stereo? I have a Honda Accord with AM/FM/XM/CD but there's no opening or port for any kind of adapter. You say that you've permanently wired the connection. Does that mean you fiddled with something under or behind the dashboard?
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This is down in the VHF band, nothing on the analog channels around here, but the antenna does pick up FM radio some. This antenna is not designed for the lower freqs which usually require much longer elements. Might do ok with nearby stations? Note that all digital channels are now in the higher UHF band.
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I'm not sure what a hat type of jack is, but the FM uses a standard coaxial antenna connection. The AM is a wire.
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I agree. Look at the Firestiks or Wilson antennas if you want to thread mount it. I posted a pic of the antenna disconnected from the magnetic base if you decide to go this route.
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I think that the output from the antenna is a digtal format. If you want to convert that to a analog format you could use your converter box for that purpose.
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Yes it's a great AM/FM radio but make sure you use an antenna. Hope this helps :)