,
says...
Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but hopefully
I can get an answer here.

What would be the best type of antenna for receiving FM radio stations
up 80 miles away(Tampa to the north, Fort Myers to the south)? The
antenna would be mounted outside, up to 30' high. Would an
omni-directional antenna work, or should I stick with a directional?

My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I
can only get the strongest of the signals.


Thanks in advance, SR1

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My situation somewhat similar,watch TV stations 80 to 100+ miles
away, having a FM station 6 miles away and still wanting to listen
to FM stations 50 to 80miles away. I disabled the FM trap on the
mast mounted amp,split the sig in the house,than notched(trap) FM
from the line to the TV. DX tropo last year TV 800miles and FM about 400 miles.
73
Greg Z
to thine own sound be true
WG8Z

i have a radio shack fm antenna works great i can pick up stations
about 200 miles away i use a bose wave radio,onkyo.and one more
thing what kind of radio you got.

i have a radio shack fm antenna works great i can pick up stations
about 200 miles away i use a bose wave radio,onkyo.and one more
thing what kind of radio you got.

In article ,
ospam (greg z) wrote:

,
says...
Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but hopefully
I can get an answer here.

What would be the best type of antenna for receiving FM radio stations
up 80 miles away(Tampa to the north, Fort Myers to the south)? The
antenna would be mounted outside, up to 30' high. Would an
omni-directional antenna work, or should I stick with a directional?

My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I
can only get the strongest of the signals.


Thanks in advance, SR1

-------------------------------------------------------------
My situation somewhat similar,watch TV stations 80 to 100+ miles
away, having a FM station 6 miles away and still wanting to listen
to FM stations 50 to 80miles away. I disabled the FM trap on the
mast mounted amp,split the sig in the house,than notched(trap) FM
from the line to the TV. DX tropo last year TV 800miles and FM about 400
miles.
73
Greg Z
to thine own sound be true
WG8Z

What kind of FM trap are you using? My previous amplifier had a weak
trap, so I used an inline trap with a similar setup to yours. When I
had the amp replaced, woodpeckers wrecked the case, I was told that this
would no longer work, the inline trap didn't seem to work, either. I
was told that the trap needed to be close to the antenna, and inline
before the power source.

SR1

i have a radio shack fm antenna works great i can pick up stations
about 200 miles away i use a bose wave radio,onkyo.and one more
thing what kind of radio you got.

i have a radio shack fm antenna works great i can pick up stations
about 200 miles away i use a bose wave radio,onkyo.and one more
thing what kind of radio you got.

In article ,
ospam (greg z) wrote:

,
says...
Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but hopefully
I can get an answer here.

What would be the best type of antenna for receiving FM radio stations
up 80 miles away(Tampa to the north, Fort Myers to the south)? The
antenna would be mounted outside, up to 30' high. Would an
omni-directional antenna work, or should I stick with a directional?

My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I
can only get the strongest of the signals.


Thanks in advance, SR1

-------------------------------------------------------------
My situation somewhat similar,watch TV stations 80 to 100+ miles
away, having a FM station 6 miles away and still wanting to listen
to FM stations 50 to 80miles away. I disabled the FM trap on the
mast mounted amp,split the sig in the house,than notched(trap) FM
from the line to the TV. DX tropo last year TV 800miles and FM about 400
miles.
73
Greg Z
to thine own sound be true
WG8Z

What kind of FM trap are you using? My previous amplifier had a weak
trap, so I used an inline trap with a similar setup to yours. When I
had the amp replaced, woodpeckers wrecked the case, I was told that this
would no longer work, the inline trap didn't seem to work, either. I
was told that the trap needed to be close to the antenna, and inline
before the power source.

SR1

,
says...
Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but hopefully
I can get an answer here.

What would be the best type of antenna for receiving FM radio stations
up 80 miles away(Tampa to the north, Fort Myers to the south)? The
antenna would be mounted outside, up to 30' high. Would an
omni-directional antenna work, or should I stick with a directional?

My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I
can only get the strongest of the signals.


Thanks in advance, SR1

-------------------------------------------------------------
My situation somewhat similar,watch TV stations 80 to 100+ miles
away, having a FM station 6 miles away and still wanting to listen
to FM stations 50 to 80miles away. I disabled the FM trap on the
mast mounted amp,split the sig in the house,than notched(trap) FM
from the line to the TV. DX tropo last year TV 800miles and FM about 400 miles.
73
Greg Z
to thine own sound be true
WG8Z

i would suggest going to radio shack.com and they have a FM directional
antenna that is around $20-30 for it and its designed just for FM radio

StrikitRich wrote:
Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but hopefully
I can get an answer here.

What would be the best type of antenna for receiving FM radio stations
up 80 miles away(Tampa to the north, Fort Myers to the south)? The
antenna would be mounted outside, up to 30' high. Would an
omni-directional antenna work, or should I stick with a directional?

My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I
can only get the strongest of the signals.


Thanks in advance, SR1

"Dennis Kaylor" wrote in message
. com...
i would suggest going to radio shack.com and they have a FM directional
antenna that is around $20-30 for it and its designed just for FM radio

StrikitRich wrote:
Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask this question, but hopefully
I can get an answer here.

What would be the best type of antenna for receiving FM radio stations
up 80 miles away(Tampa to the north, Fort Myers to the south)? The
antenna would be mounted outside, up to 30' high. Would an
omni-directional antenna work, or should I stick with a directional?

My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I
can only get the strongest of the signals.


Thanks in advance, SR1


i have found mounting these antennas vertically makes them longer lasting...
because birds land on them and bend the elements down when mounted
horizontally.