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FM Antennas
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 |
Get a APS-13 antenna best fm receive antenna kinda price though
http://www.starkelectronic.com/aps13.htm. I have read a few user reviews on it before and everone says it is the best fm receiveing antenna they have ever used. For info on reviews check out this link. http://ecoustics.audioreview.com/psc...PS-13,FM/PRD_1 21215_1596crx.aspx |
Get a APS-13 antenna best fm receive antenna kinda price though
http://www.starkelectronic.com/aps13.htm. I have read a few user reviews on it before and everone says it is the best fm receiveing antenna they have ever used. For info on reviews check out this link. http://ecoustics.audioreview.com/psc...PS-13,FM/PRD_1 21215_1596crx.aspx |
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a low cost Radio Shack TV at least antenna medium gain, 80 miles is over the horizon, and can be tough anyway. "StrikitRich" wrote in message ... 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 |
directional,
a low cost Radio Shack TV at least antenna medium gain, 80 miles is over the horizon, and can be tough anyway. "StrikitRich" wrote in message ... 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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"DJboutit" wrote: Get a APS-13 antenna best fm receive antenna kinda price though http://www.starkelectronic.com/aps13.htm. I have read a few user reviews on it before and everone says it is the best fm receiveing antenna they have ever used. For info on reviews check out this link. http://ecoustics.audioreview.com/psc...PS-13,FM/PRD_1 21215_1596crx.aspx At 207" in boom length, it may be a bit of overkill for my needs. The antenna will be fixed, which is why I was wondering about omni-directional ones. |
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"DJboutit" wrote: Get a APS-13 antenna best fm receive antenna kinda price though http://www.starkelectronic.com/aps13.htm. I have read a few user reviews on it before and everone says it is the best fm receiveing antenna they have ever used. For info on reviews check out this link. http://ecoustics.audioreview.com/psc...PS-13,FM/PRD_1 21215_1596crx.aspx At 207" in boom length, it may be a bit of overkill for my needs. The antenna will be fixed, which is why I was wondering about omni-directional ones. |
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? Stick with a directional. You'll probably need a log-periodic to handle the full width of the FM band - a Yagi/Uda would be great for a single frequency but probably would not have the bandwidth necessary to do a decent job across the whole band. My TV/FM log-periodic at about 35' does a decent job of bringing in stations from San Francisco (about 40 miles away). 80 miles may be pushing it. My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I can only get the strongest of the signals. 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. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
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? Stick with a directional. You'll probably need a log-periodic to handle the full width of the FM band - a Yagi/Uda would be great for a single frequency but probably would not have the bandwidth necessary to do a decent job across the whole band. My TV/FM log-periodic at about 35' does a decent job of bringing in stations from San Francisco (about 40 miles away). 80 miles may be pushing it. My TV antenna is up about 55', but the amplifier has the trap on and I can only get the strongest of the signals. 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. -- Dave Platt AE6EO Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads! |
"StrikitRich" wrote in message ... 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 |
"StrikitRich" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 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. |
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. |
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