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  1. mcwick

    Need help to improve receiver sensitivity

    Dear Kch, Thank you for your advice. Well I am an Electrical Power Engineer by profeession so the safty issues are well taken care of. About the capacitor, I myself thought about the concept of a twisted wire ( see my posting above) which will have adequate capacitance to give the required...
  2. mcwick

    Need help to improve receiver sensitivity

    Dear Higgler, That sounds a good idea. have you tried this. What the value of the capacitor you think would work?, Will a pair of twisted wires work. Wicky
  3. mcwick

    Need help to improve receiver sensitivity

    HI Friends, Thank you all for advice. The walls are all brick and no wire mesh anywhere. Its just that receiver sensitivity is not sufficient I feel. I'll try Comcokid's advice tonight and see. The antenna of magnetic contacts ans host are both simple telescopic ones. I also think of...
  4. mcwick

    Need help to improve receiver sensitivity

    Dear All I just bought wireless home security system that works on 315 Mhz. I have a problem that the controller does not pickup signals from magnetic contacts located little away, and specially inside rooms.The controller (which is the receiver of signals) has small telescopic antenna. can...

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