braun fm tuner antenna connections

[c.d.s.]

Hello All,

I have just got a braun tuner and am a bit confused about the antenna connections.

I have hooked up a simple T antenna and a B I C beam box from the garage.

Seems the right connection gets better reception, but its not a substantial difference.



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Im wondering if any of my din aware friends out here can tell me what im looking at.

I think the left input is a 75 ohm connection as it looks the same as a quad antenna connector.

So deducing that maybe the right is 300 ohm?


Are there any plugs I can purchase to do away with my soldered pins?

All help would be greatly appreciated.


regards

[John Caswell]

Hi CDS
The left hand connector in the picture with the folded dipole aerial logo is the one to use for FM. The symbol means it is designed for a balanced input usually 300R, so if you are using it with a 75R coaxial feed, as most FM aerials are, then you would need a balun, although it will probably work reasonably well without one
The connector was of a type made in Germany by Hirschmann usually white/cream plastic.
I suspect the right hand one is for AM band signals ie LW MW and possibly SW assuming the tuner has these bands.

John Caswell

[c.d.s.]

Thanks John,

Forgot about hirshmann. The beambox is 300 ohms, so ive got my soldered pins in there at
the moment, thank you.

A search on google get's me nothing but car antenna adapters which the company is well known for.

Any suggestions as to where to get one would be greatly appreciated.



Carl