FM radio using headphone lead ad aerial. How to improve?

[Ribenapigeon]

Is there a way to improve the performance of fm reception when its headphone wires acting as the aerial. My new Bluetooth headset has FM which is great but reception can be patchy. I know the shape of aerials is important and wonder if by fitting the headphone wire inside the helmet in a certain way (twists or bends in shape) might improve the reception performance.

Cheers

[fatjames]

I think FM is just a straight line. (ie, not a loop)
I'd imagine, the longer the wire and the more area you can cover with it, the better.
The lid itself might be blocking the signal. Can you blu tack it to the outside and try that? Not a long term solution, but might help work out what to do.
You could also use an extender (male 3.5mm to female 3.5mm), the longer wire might help. Even if you just ball it up and stick it in your pocket / backpack.

[Ribenapigeon]

[Im-a-Ridah]

[Ribenapigeon]

Its a buger the connection is the usb'ish thing. If it had been 3.5mm jack-plug i could have tried using a splitter to connect another wire purely as an aerial. I found some advice on another site which suggested this as s solution. Also was suggested that when mobiles use headphone lead as an aerial its just acting as half an aerial for some electricary reason radio hams understand. Im going to try the splitter with my mobiles FM radio to see if it works just for curiosities sake.

[bugeye_bob]

If its a real pain, why not install Tune in Radio App? and use a bit of your monthly data, radio doesnt use much up like watching videos etc.

[Ribenapigeon]

[Im-a-Ridah]