"StrikitRich" wrote in message
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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

What do you have now? A directional antenna will not work N and S unless you
rotate it. Off the back it will be worse than a dipole. If the TV antenna is
on a rotator, it sure would be nice to get rid of the trap, unless there is
some station very close to you. Before you spend a lot of money, try a
dipole running East and West. 80 miles is beyond normal range, and probably
nothing will give you a good signal all the time.

Tam/WB2TT

In article ,
(Dave Platt) wrote:

You might want to consider changing over to an amplifier which doesn't
have a trap, or whose trap can be switched on and off, and just use
your existing antenna.


I have to use the trap, or I lose a couple of stations. The amplifier
is 50'+ high, and scurrying up and down the tower isn't feasible. Range
is actually 60 miles north and 40 south.

At this point, I'm thinking of strapping a log-periodic onto the side of
my TV tower. If I mounted it to the same mast as the TV antenna I can
use the rotor, but this will block my access to the TV antenna.

SR1

In article ,
(Dave Platt) wrote:

You might want to consider changing over to an amplifier which doesn't
have a trap, or whose trap can be switched on and off, and just use
your existing antenna.


I have to use the trap, or I lose a couple of stations. The amplifier
is 50'+ high, and scurrying up and down the tower isn't feasible. Range
is actually 60 miles north and 40 south.

At this point, I'm thinking of strapping a log-periodic onto the side of
my TV tower. If I mounted it to the same mast as the TV antenna I can
use the rotor, but this will block my access to the TV antenna.

SR1

In article ,
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

At that range you will probably need *both* more altitude and a
high gain directional antenna to get full limiting on FM. If you want
both directions for both Tampa and Fort Meyers you will need either a
rotator or (maybe cheaper) two separate yagi's.
If you are very close to the geodesic connecting Tampa and Fort
Meyers an elegant solution would be to homebrew a sharp bidirectional
coalinear array.

In article ,
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

At that range you will probably need *both* more altitude and a
high gain directional antenna to get full limiting on FM. If you want
both directions for both Tampa and Fort Meyers you will need either a
rotator or (maybe cheaper) two separate yagi's.
If you are very close to the geodesic connecting Tampa and Fort
Meyers an elegant solution would be to homebrew a sharp bidirectional
coalinear array.

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 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.

"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.

,
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