Posts Tagged ‘ TV ’

Improve FM and shortwave reception with a do-it-yourself radio antenna

21st July 2010 | 0 Comments

Almost all radio listening can be improved with the use of an outside antenna. A radio antenna grabs radio wave energy out of the air, then relays it to the radio receiver which amplifies the signal to an audible level.
AM radio reception usually relies upon an antenna built into the “innards” of the radio. Although [...]


Buying your radio

30th June 2009 | 0 Comments

Now that you’ve decided that you want to tune in the world, which radio do you want to buy? A good quality portable radio can do double duty, serving as your AM-FM receiver to receive regular commercial radio broadcasts, as well as picking up shortwave broadcasts. The small portable set which I have does just [...]