Shouldn't a clear FM signal, with the proper 300 ohm impedance, improve the RadioShark's reception as well as it improves my receiver's reception? Although the signal DOES improve, slightly, station reception, across the band, isn't nearly as good as from my Harmon/Kardon AVR 100 stereo receiver. Then I hooked a 75 to 300 ohm transformer to my coaxial arial antenna feed, and ran the lead wire to the tip of my RadioShark's exposed antenna. the left/right channels of a 1/8" audio plug, as Griffin tech support suggested), I pried open the top of my RadioShark fin, and straightened out its internal FM antenna so that it sticks straight out the top (even this minor alteration seemed to improve the fin's reception markedly). out jack on the base of the fin (I tried soldering my lead to the ground vs. Even without a signal amplifier, my new FM feed is remarkable I pick up many stations that I didn't think that I EVER would.ĭespite this success, only my stereo receiver seems to register the signal, not the RadioShark. I bought an arial from RadioShack, along with all the proper gear for grounding and shielding, etc., and mounted it on my roof. I haven't given up on the fin though (yet). Got mine on amazon for less that $20 delivered!īummer about RadioShark's mediocre reception I live in an outlying area, where reception isn't THAT great to begin with, and in a basement to boot. I would say try that first before spending money on an antenna. I don't know much about antennas so I'm not sure if the tiny magnets improved the reception but it was incredible! I must have quadrupled the stations that I was pulling in and they were strong and clear, both AM and FM. I took advice that I had seen on a couple places and instead of buying a costly antenna I plugged in a cheap set of earbuds I had lying in a drawer. I thought that the radioSHARK was its own antenna. When I first plugged in the shark I had nothing but static and was a little disappointed. I've seen around that this has been an issue at least where this first generation (white), radioSHARK is concerned. Understand that I've only recorded AM shows in non-stereo and at a rather conservative setting (I believe 96kbs), but a 4 hour show is under 150 MB! And the sound is nice and clear. I'm also VERY impressed with the size of the resulting recorded files. I have just set it up to start recording more shows with a somewhat complex schedule, so lets see how that goes. It hasn't failed to wake my computer up and start recording programs. For my uses the Griffin radioSHARK has performed very well.
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