These rods can be mounted virtually anywhere on a roof see photo 5 and unlike the microwave dishes they emit radio frequency rf energy uniformly 360 degrees known as omni directional.
Old radio hanging from roof.
4 5 out of 5 stars 9 9 product ratings vintage old sony icf 9550w high fidelity sound am fm radio tested works.
Nearly all us built radio receivers made from the early days to the late 1930 s required an external long wire antenna.
Vintage general electric ge solid state radio.
Radio housing for car installation.
There are more complex antenna procedures but i d try that one first.
Vintage restored rca victor bakelite top tuner old mid century antique radio.
Most roof antennas will give you radio reception similar to a car radio or often better.
Most sets made after the late 1920s had one or more terminals on the rear of the chassis or a pair of wires hanging out the rear that was hard wired to the radio s circuitry.
Radio shack also has a nice selection of clamps and poles that can attach to chimneys that can drill straight into the roof with bolts and roofing tar they do not always stock all these things so it is best to buy or order a week or two before your project.
This can be good if you don t want to pay for an fm radio antenna but have one of these around.
Ending today at 6 44pm pdt 10h 19m.
This mounted on the overhead is just the ticket.
Make sure it is outdoors roof mounted or in the attic.
It was in this environment that the unthinkable occurred old time radio level 3.
Old trucks like mine 70 years old were not meant to take radios.
Use an fm splitter to use it on your radio.
Vintage ge portable am fm long range high performance ac dc radio 7 2882 a.
The fellow in the motorboat shouted jump in i can save you.
Try repurposing a tv antenna you already have.
7 pre owned from 38 50.
Soon a man in a rowboat came by and the fellow shouted to the man on the roof jump in i can save you the stranded fellow shouted back no it s ok i m praying to god and he is going to save me so the rowboat went on.
You probably will have to modify the front face to accept newer radios.
Test all tubes replace only the necessary tubes found to be weak below operational minimums as set forth by test data.
Vintage old sony icf 9550w high fidelity sound am fm radio tested works.
It looks like this will be the painless solution to mounting in my old truck and keep from cutting up the dash.
If you do have an old extension cord you can strip one of the wires out to use or two of the wires and splice them end to end or three of the wires and splice them end to end.