Radio aerials

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10-01-2023, 10:25 AM
Husky1600

Radio aerials

Boss buys big arsed JD, $210k, great tractor, but the bloody radio/stereo aerial decides to self destruct in very short time. And it was shit useless! Dealer replaces, decides to self destruct yet again. I do long hours in said tractor around this time of year and I like my music to keep me entertained. So I made a mount that could take the rock and roll on the top of a cab doing cultivation and fitted the remains of a 40 year old car aerial. That worked great for about a year, way better reception than the piece of shit JD supplied. But it has decided it aint up to it any more. I am looking for suggestions for an aerial that can take the constant rock and roll of a big tractor. Happy to make a good solid base for it, but I want it to last and I want good reception. The UHF CB aerials are strongly bulilt in the butt, but I cant find a normal stereo aerial that has a good mounting system on the bottom - anyone got some suggestions?
10-01-2023, 10:32 AM
Cigar

Kotanga ;) :D
10-01-2023, 10:33 AM
Moa Hunter

On farm trucks, have used the base of the car type aerial plus a length of HT fence wire bent over to a piece of rubber
10-01-2023, 12:57 PM
Husky1600

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

On farm trucks, have used the base of the car type aerial plus a length of HT fence wire bent over to a piece of rubber

That works ok for a while, even the Kotanga upgrade. But cant seem to find anything with a decent base that will stand the punishment. All the car ones I can find are bloody useless. A UHF base with a stereo aerial would be the go - does a UHF aerial work for a stereo radio?
10-01-2023, 01:03 PM
gonetropo

go get an RT aerial with the loading coil (spring) at the bottom. get it cut down to FM channel frequency 88-108MHZ.
10-01-2023, 01:20 PM
hotbarrels

Go for a marine am/fm aerial ........

https://pacificaerials.co.nz/product...c-range/p6046/

https://www.absolutemarine.co.nz/ele.../am-fm-aerials

https://www.smartmarine.co.nz/produc.../am-fm-aerials
10-01-2023, 02:16 PM
Allgood

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Go for a marine am/fm aerial ........

https://pacificaerials.co.nz/product...c-range/p6046/

https://www.absolutemarine.co.nz/ele.../am-fm-aerials

https://www.smartmarine.co.nz/produc.../am-fm-aerials

This.....
We still have the original fitted AM/FM aerial on the charter boat that was launched in 2005. Boat has spent all its time based on the Kaipara and about 95% of its trips were doing bar crossings....The only damage it sustained during that time was when I forgot to lower the aerial as we passed under the Hoteo Bridge....tore the black plastic tip off it......
10-01-2023, 04:26 PM
Barry the hunter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Husky1600

Boss buys big arsed JD, $210k, great tractor, but the bloody radio/stereo aerial decides to self destruct in very short time. And it was shit useless! Dealer replaces, decides to self destruct yet again. I do long hours in said tractor around this time of year and I like my music to keep me entertained. So I made a mount that could take the rock and roll on the top of a cab doing cultivation and fitted the remains of a 40 year old car aerial. That worked great for about a year, way better reception than the piece of shit JD supplied. But it has decided it aint up to it any more. I am looking for suggestions for an aerial that can take the constant rock and roll of a big tractor. Happy to make a good solid base for it, but I want it to last and I want good reception. The UHF CB aerials are strongly bulilt in the butt, but I cant find a normal stereo aerial that has a good mounting system on the bottom - anyone got some suggestions?

feel for ya doing 15 hrs a day in jonny on hay silage got to have my sounds and the news
13-01-2023, 07:33 PM
hunt08

When the aerial on the digger did the same thing I just bolted a piece of underground on & that worked mint
21-01-2023, 05:06 PM
Savage1

Switch to audiobooks and podcasts, no way I could go a day mowing etc listening to the radio anymore.
21-01-2023, 05:19 PM
7mmsaum

Quote:

Originally Posted by gonetropo

go get an RT aerial with the loading coil (spring) at the bottom. get it cut down to FM channel frequency 88-108MHZ.

Avoid any that used to be mounted on vans

They transmit van aerial diseases

:)
21-01-2023, 08:23 PM
Husky1600

Bought a 1 metre, simple fold down aerial from Absolute Marine. Arrived yesterday on the mail truck, fitted after lunch, was cultivating for 4 hours afterwards and worked a treat.