OPERATION HINTS

With most radios the best position for the SELECT-A-TENNA will be similar to one of the illustrations below. The best location for the SELECT-A-TENNA depends somewhat on the location of the radio's built-in antenna. Boom Boxes and other large radios usually benefit from using the configuration shown in drawing “C”. A few radios have their antennas on the left side of the radio. On these radios try placing the back of the SELECT-A-TENNA about one-half inch away from the left-hand side of the radio as shown in drawing “D”. The Baygen Freeplay radio has an antenna that is mounted at right angles to the front of the radio. The Baygen is the only radio where the back of the Select-A-Tenna can go directly against the back of the Baygen.

A tiny minority of radios have shielding which makes the SELECT-A-TENNA ineffective with those radios. Try the SELECT-A-TENNA with a different radio (a small portable is best) to see if this is the case with your radio.

Further hint: Chances are you have a specific station in mind already and will feel satisfied when you've improved your reception for that one station. But don't pass up the empty spots on the radio dial. Test them by tuning the SELECT-A-TENNA and the radio together across the dial. You may be pleasantly surprised to hear distant radio stations where you thought there was no signal at all.

Point the Select-A-Tenna in the general direction of the station you want to receive.

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ABOUT RADIO NOISE

Radio noise is an annoying buzz or whistle which is sometimes heard along with the station you are try- ing to receive. This may be caused by many things: home computers, dimmer switches, automatic night lights, fluorescent lights, televisions, and electric motors (drills, blenders, even aquarium pumps). Either turn off the offending device or rotate your radio and the SELECT-A-TENNA with respect to the device to nullify the buzz or whistle. If you are expe- riencing a buzz across the entire AM band, there may be too much interference for the antenna to be effective. Please read the section in our catalog about radio noise.

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