Joe Paulson wrote in a message to All:

 JP> I'm trying to record on a cassette,a distant FM station at 89.3 
 JP> Mhz located between 2 strong stations.  I'm using a radio with a 
 JP> collapsable whip antenna 23" high.  Anyone have an idea on how to 
 JP> add to the antenna to make the signal stronger?

The first question that comes to mind is the relative directions of the
station you're trying to get vs. the other ones that are interfering.  If
you're lucky,  they'll be in different directions,  and you can go with an
antenna that's highly directional to replace the one you're using.  The
more elements,  and the tighter the design,  the sharper the directionality
of the antenna will be.

 JP> I have a Bearcat Scanner and with the transition of Emergency radio
 JP> to 800 Mhz,I was wondering if I could get a FM crystal for 89.3
 JP> Mhz.A shop owner said that the crystal would cost a lot and the 
 JP> scanner wouldn't work in this FM range. Is this correct?

I am not real familiar with scanners and with the one you have in
particular, but some are apparently digitally programmed so as to be able
to be tuned to all sorts of frequencies,  while others require a crystal
for each channel that you want to receive.  If the frequency is within the
range of the scanner,  and it's of the latter type,  then it's likely that
getting a crystal made for the specific frequency you want would be on the
expensive side.  There are possibilities other than that,  like using some
other stock crystal that's commonly available and then going to frequency
multiplication or other similar techniques,  but that gets kind of involved
and I'm not real familiar with how stuff like that would be done -- perhaps
one of the ham echos would be a better choice.  (Not that I've seen that
much in the way of people home-brewing stuff in those,  lately.)

 JP> I have a Rhapsosy Multiband receiver with a 6 " dipole on top that 
 JP> doesn't pick it up.

That's awfully small for a dipole for FM -- something on the order of 3-4
feet would be more like it.  Elevation makes a lot of difference,  too. 
And a dipole is bidirectional,  something you'll have to consider within
the context of your interfering station's locations.  You can augment a
dipole with additional elements but again antenna design is getting a bit
further into it than I'm up for and maybe one of the ham echos would be a
better bet.

 JP> It has an jack for a remote antenna but I haven't had any luck 
 JP> with varying lengths of wire,with no luck.Could this be made to 
 JP> work?

An external antenna will no doubt do better than a little built-in,  which
are made for fairly local stations anyway.

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