Improving Radio Reception

Our radio has never gotten repception since we bought our trailer. Read several times where people found the antenna wire balled up behind the radio so decided to look yesterday. I found a 75 ohm antenna connected and mashed behind the radio. Even when stretched out, this antenna was not pulling in signals very well. Decided to upgrade the antenna to the 300 ohm connection on the radio and run tv coax to the tv antenna panel by the tv.

First, I removed the microwave and snaked a coat hanger over the fridge and through the hole for the antenna panel.



Then I taped a 12 foot coax to the hanger and pulled the coax back though the hole to the microwave cabinet.



The antenna panel has a connection for a second tv (plus the sat connection that is not hooked to anything) so I connected the coax to the "set2" connection and reinstalled the panel.



Now with one end connected, I ran the coax along the outside wall in the top of the cabinets to the radio and connected the coax to a 300ohm coax to terminal connector. We now get GREAT radio reception.



After installing the radio back to the cabinet, I pulled the remaining (about 2 feet) cable back though the cabinets and pushed it into the space above the fridge. Add a couple cable holders along the top wall to hold the cable up and out of the way, and all is done.

Guess if we ever want to add a second tv to the trailer I will have to rethink this but I am not sure where we would put another tv!