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Receiver FM Antenna

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Moby2

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I would like to buy an FM antenna for a Yamaha RX-V870 receiver that you "push in" to the FM antenna port on the back of the receiver. Next to the antenna port it says 75ohm unbalanced and when I stick my finger into the port, it has a pin in the middle, just like a coaxial cable does that you plug-into the back of a television. There are two 75 ohm FM antennas on Amazon that I am interested in. One has an F style male connector (with the pin in the middle) the other is a PAL connector. The reviews of the F style male connector says it works on Yamaha receivers, but how would the F style male connector and the antenna port "match up" if they both look the same, pin connecting to pin? I'm not technically savvy so I apologize if this question seems funny.


http://www.amazon.com/FM-Dipole-Antenna-Male-connector/dp/B00EIB70N2

http://www.amazon.com/Dipole-Antenna-ohm-PAL-Connector/dp/B00FQPHN2M
 
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What does the manual say? old yammies use a male pal, later ones use female pal and newer ones use male F type. Sounds like yours is female pal like the second antenna
 
Aspen said:
What does the manual say? old yammies use a male pal, later ones use female pal and newer ones use male F type. Sounds like yours is female pal like the second antenna
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The manual doesn't say specifically whether to use a PAL or not. This receiver is from 1993. Here is a link to the owners manual where they talk about the antenna on page 11. There is a picture of the antenna port on the bottom right of that page.

http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/av/english/re/RX-V1070.pdf
 
Moby2 said:
I would like to buy an FM antenna for a Yamaha RX-V870 receiver that you "push in" to the FM antenna port on the back of the receiver. Next to the antenna port it says 75ohm unbalanced and when I stick my finger into the port, it has a pin in the middle, just like a coaxial cable does that you plug-into the back of a television. There are two 75 ohm FM antennas on Amazon that I am interested in. One has an F style male connector (with the pin in the middle) the other is a PAL connector. The reviews of the F style male connector says it works on Yamaha receivers, but how would the F style male connector and the antenna port "match up" if they both look the same, pin connecting to pin? I'm not technically savvy so I apologize if this question seems funny.

http://www.amazon.com/FM-Dipole-Antenna-Male-connector/dp/B00EIB70N2

http://www.amazon.com/Dipole-Antenna-ohm-PAL-Connector/dp/B00FQPHN2M
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The adapter (75 to 300Ω) shown in the manual is a commonly available F-type slip-on, so your Yamaha takes F screw-ons or slip-ons.

Stay away from the PAL connectors. They're a European plot.:screwy:

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Sorry but the early Yamahas used something very much like the PAL connector. If I had a dollar for all the antenna strips I drilled out and put Female F screw connectors on I would be very happy.
 
Get the previously mentioned 75-300 ohm adapter and a simple dipole antenna. I have yet go find an electronic antenna that works better than a well set up dipole.
 
Yamaha 75Ω RF Connectors

merrylander said:
Sorry but the early Yamahas used something very much like the PAL connector....
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Sorry, but you have misinterpreted what you thought you remembered. The OP's very good quality manual for this 1993 surround-sound Yamaha clearly shows an F-connector, and an adapter with a slip-on F-connector. Google Images shows it. A similar era Yamaha in the GoodWill across the street from me shows it.

I can validate your memory in one sense; I remember a much earlier, quality Yamaha stereo receiver I was familiar with had an actual PAL connector. Sorry I can't be more specific than that.
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musichal said:
Personally, I prefer rabbit ears because they are easier to orient.
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I agree, I use an old fifties era dipole television antenna that has heavy gauge antenna rods and the rotating switch will allow me to dial in the ideal orientation without having to constantly rotate the entire antenna.
 
Slip on 75 Ohm connector may work.

If the outside "shell" of the connector on the receiver is NOT threaded (smooth) than putting on a screw on "slip on" type connector on your cable may work. :scratch2:

See here.

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I've got one of those on my 1992 vintage Yamaha RX360 Receiver, bought one of the Radio Shack F to PAL adapters which worked perfectly.

Up until last May my office setup was located in a downstairs area, which in Florida means cinderblock walls. So I used a tunable rabbit ears antenna that I bought for $5 on clearance at Walgreen's. It was billed as a "Digital Ready TV" antenna, but really was just a classic design. Worked like a champ until we moved, now I'm on the second floor and am able to use a simple wire antenna attached to the side of a door facing with excellent results.

Mark Gosdin
 
musichal said:
Personally, I prefer rabbit ears because they are easier to orient.
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+1
A few years back, I had a 5 foot tall lamp stand that had 3 individual lamps that had their own on/off switches on it(http://www.ebay.com/itm/Boston-Harbor-3-Light-Tree-Lamp-Elegant-Standing-Black-/251773212557?pt=Lamps_US&hash=item3a9eda578d). The lamps were spaced about 12" or so on the lamp stand. Over time, each one of the lamps quit working. I pulled the lamps off the stand including the wiring and recycled them. I placed a set of 4' rabbit ears http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/161269129068) through a small hole in a 3/4" black rubber protective chair leg tip. This was placed on the 5' pole along with 8' of 300 ohm wire. I placed the stand away from the receiver and orient it to whatever FM station that I wanted to listen to. One summer, I placed the stand on a deck railing which was hooked up to a Panasonic RF2900 radio and I was pulling in a Toronto Canada radio station that was ~150 miles away as the crow flies. I enjoyed this simple contraption.
 
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