amdx wrote in :

I've* calculated a 6 inch loop made with a #12 or #14 wire will
resonate the FM band with a cap between 6.5pf and 10pf. Roughly!
Now, I'll see if I can generate the gumption in the next couple
of days to build it to see if it has any positive effect.
I hope someone beats me to it.
With an AM loop and radio the signal couples to the internal loop very
well, I don't know how well you can couple a signal into an FM radio.
Mikek

* actually I used a couple of online calculators.

http://www.deephaven.co.uk/lc.html

http://www.daycounter.com/Calculator...lculator.phtml


This is nice because it beats the issue with two ways to be selective. Even
so, I have to have one last shot at the broadband notion: could a 6dB boost
with one of those MAR6-based antenna amps be worth a shot? Driving a local
diple, taped to a doorframe perhaps, in the centre of the flat? Given the
tiny size of those IC's I doubt the amount of power getting out of the flat
will be a nuisance, especially given its reluctance to allow RF in (except
through the celing, and a dipole taped vertically to a doorframe isn't going
to send a lot upwards either.. To some extent the business may be eased by
the fact that the two frequencies I'm most keen to get, 91.5MHz and 93.7MHz,
aren't far apart. If there is ANY chance this can be solved with no
modification or encumbrance to the tiny radio I intend to carry from room to
room, that's the way I want to do it.