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This is what I want and I need your help because I am a farmer and not
a radio guru. I want a radio cappable of getting an FM station from
93 miles away (the closest NPR station I have) and I live in a remote
rural area with mountains and valleys. I have looked at Sangean,
Eton, Tivoli, Boston etc. but I can not make my decision. I am
willing to spend up to $200.

Can you make me any recommendations? I honestly don't know if I need
a short wave even. Sorry.

One reccomendation is to get an old Stereo Tuner or Reciever from the late
1970's early '80, before they went digital. One of the higher end brands
like HH Scott, Marantz, Sansui. Before they went to Digital tuning.
Around that era, performance mattered and they had low noise FET RF
amplifiers and modern ceramic IF filters and detectors. Less alignment
needed than an older one but no performance compromises that they made
with the digital tuned stuff.

Or get a good car radio and a 12 volt power supply.

And then get a rooftop antenna. A 6 to 10 element FM band Yagi.
Radio Shack had one, and maybe a hardware store out in the fringes
could order one for you if they carry Channel Master or one of the
other remaining brands.

One resource is (former?) electronics magazine columnist Don
Lancaster's reprint archive on www.tinaja.com. He did a sequence
of columns back about 15 years ago in Radio-Electronics/Electronics
Now about his attempts to do what you're trying to do. All sorts
of other antenna suggestions.

Mark Zenier
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