TWIN COIL FERRITE AM ANTENNA
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Antenna Operation
With a Portable Radio (Continued)
Place the Tuner Control in a comfortable location
relative to your radio. Place the Antenna Element
a few feet away. If the Antenna Element is placed
too close to the radio, it will cause noise on your
radio.
1. Place the Ferrite Stick on top
of the radio near the center.
Placement will vary depending on
where the internal AM antenna
of the radio is located.
2. For testing purposes, tune
your radio to any weak AM
station. It is important that
the station be weak so you
can clearly detect the
improvement in reception.
3. Rotate the Fine Tune control,
it will click on and the red LED
indicator light will come on.
Turn the Coarse Tune control
knob slowly and you will likely
notice a change in reception at
some point on the dial. Adjust the
control knob until you notice the
most improvement on your signal.
Now you can use the Fine Tune
control for further refinement.
4. Move the Ferrite Stick around the radio
to find the position that affects the signal the most. This position is the
"sweet spot", or the best position.
5. Again, adjust the Fine Tune on the Tuner Control for the best reception
possible.
6. Now you can orientate the Antenna Element for best reception. In
most cases, the Antenna Element does not have to be adjusted again.
When radio noise is a problem, try rotating the Antenna Element in the
direction which reduces noise to a minimum.
LED
Indicator
Light
Fine
Tune
Coarse
Tune
