Ian Bell wrote in message
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Your aerial is too long. The wavelength of 102MHz is about 3 metres and
your aerial is a quarter wave whip, so it should be about 75cms or 30 ins
long in total. Assuming there's about 6 inches inside the radio then your
add on bit should be no longer than about 2 feet.

I've got one of those big "T" aerials wired up to my Arcam tuner, it must be
about 6 feet long in total. I presume it works on a different principle as
subjectively reception seems very good on R3, but then the only other radio
I listen to is in the car. Hows that work?