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8 Ft. VHF antenna as FM antenna?

Posted: November 10th, 2007, 9:22 pm
by KarstRanger
Before I cut off this nice VHF connector and try it on an FM radio, can anybody offer an opinion if it will perform decently for FM? A friend gave me the VHF antenna and I would like to hook it up to the FM/CD on my river boat.

Posted: November 10th, 2007, 9:36 pm
by Parrothead
Should work. West Marine sells a covertor box so you can use your FM and VHF on the same antenna. Being you don't have a VHF just plug it in and see what happens, what can it hurt.

Posted: November 11th, 2007, 7:47 pm
by KarstRanger
Thanks :thumbup: I remember those converter boxes now that you remind me. I am not so good with a soldering iron :hammer: , so I was trying to avoid putting the FM type plug on it if someone told me it was not worth it. Now to the fun stuff of cutting a hole in the dashboard for mounting that FM radidio... hey, if we didn't have important boat projects like this to pursue, I'd have to do yardwork :smt011 or other "honey do" stuff !!