i bought a house with one in good shape,the thing hums,this video gave me a good idea

I just bought a stereo system that has a single wire antenna with a connector in one end, reception is bad. I've been trying to find a better one. But this, would it work if I expose the wire end of the antenna and attach copper wire? Could it be that simple?

​@@carolvile5584i think it will help and having the radio close to a window sometimes helps. By trying what have you got to loos. Good luck.

Carol did you try it?

It may be a rinky dink stereo, but my newer CD/tuner/cassette/stereo unit has a one wire antenna. The tuner is fine if the station's strong enough, but we're 2 miles away from a radio antennae repeater forest, so, we get a lot of static for a lot of stations on this tuner, I'll be giving this a try this weekend, hope it works this well!👍🏻

My Sherwood came with a single 75 ohm plug in style antenna wire.

Move them were ever the signal is clearest after doing this, my signal has never been so clear

You will have to open up the casing and find where it was on the circuitboard tried looking for screws to takeoff the plate or housing

He twisted the two together and soldered them to the one.

Right 😂

Connect the wire to the spot the old antenna wire was connected to. If there ain't no existing antenna wire, find the spot where the antenna wire should be, take the shell off the radio and the connection spot will be evident. This is where you solder the wires at

Attach a piece of wire to it 10ft

pure small ball of aluminum foil wrap at ends

I did that. No results @@Marcuswelby-nx2te

Is somebody messing with u cause mine works great and I don’t have to move it

@@KooperSalmo I have 2 "boom box" style radio's. One in the shed with a single wire attached to the radio antenna and going up to the 7 ft ceiling and running the length of the 24 ft long shed. At 1st the recpetion was incredible and clear. But then i would come back and reception was crap with static all over the place. 2 days later it sounded good, back a few days later, sounded like crap and nothing has moved. The same issue with another panasonic boom box style radio in my man cave room, a single wire attached to my radio antenna, it runs into my wall and up into my attic which is about a good 17 ft high and runs along the rafters which is about a good 40 ft. Thats one long antenna wire. Same results, one day its clean and clear, other days static all over, then back to clean, back to static. Nothing is moving, nothing is changing. Not sure why this happens ....

@@ACommenterOnKZfaq This phenomenon is called OVERLOADING. It happens when you connect a long wire antenna to a small radio, making it susceptible to electrostatic discharges (ESD) against which it has no protection. Thus, when you hook up a large antenna to a portable radio, it can definitely harm the radio. Some more expensive sets may have built-in ESD protection and some of these may even have a socket for connecting an external antenna; there you are safe. But if you have a compact radio, or a boombox type of set, in the interest of saving your set from harmful overloading, it is better to be happy with the telescopic antenna provided and not embark upon misadventures with longwire external antennae.

@@bhaskarsinha1527 it came with a fixed sized rubber antenna that just folds up or down. With the long wire i do get MUCH better reception but only when it wants to work. With the stubby rubber one, i can't get anything in the shed.