I Can not do an outdoor antenna -- so would it be OK to mount in attic? What
if I ran 75Ohm cable so I can mount my basic wire antenna up there?
Thank you for your help and info!

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mBird wrote:
Hi --

Radio: Harman Kardon Home stereo AVR-125
Location: on the edge of what the station shows is there signal area on
their website -- about 40 miles from the station

I get static (very slight but noticeable enough) when listening to
Public
Radio. I have the basic two-wire antenna that came with the stereo. I
tried using an AM/FM Amplified Indoor Antenna (from Radio Shack) but
that
actually made the static worse no matter how I positioned or set. Please
advice on what I could do. The static is so small you almost can't hear
it
but it is just enough to make music programs less than the best they
could
be.

Thank you


Outdoor antenna, the higher the better. Radio Shack sells a great
inexpensive 5-element FM yagi.
-BM

mBird wrote:
I Can not do an outdoor antenna -- so would it be OK to mount in attic? What
if I ran 75Ohm cable so I can mount my basic wire antenna up there?
Thank you for your help and info!

Sure, attic mount would be an improvement. You can try taking your
regular twinlead dipole or that amplified antenna thingy up into the
attic and extend its feedline with either more twinlead or a matching
transformer and 75 ohm cable. Orient for best reception.
If that doesn't work, go for the bigger antenna mentioned earlier.
GL,
Bill

mBird wrote:

I Can not do an outdoor antenna -- so would it be OK to mount in attic? What
if I ran 75Ohm cable so I can mount my basic wire antenna up there?
Thank you for your help and info!

The attic should work for an FM antenna providing the house doesn't have
a metal roof. However I suggest using a better antenna such as an FM
multi- element 'Yagi' which you can get at Radio Shack or some
department stores. Hang the antenna from the attic roof with a few
lengths of string (not wire). If you have the room, mount it on a short
pole on the attic floor, so you can rotate the antenna for best
reception.


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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:59:59 GMT, "mBird" wrote:

I Can not do an outdoor antenna -- so would it be OK to mount in attic? What
if I ran 75Ohm cable so I can mount my basic wire antenna up there?
Thank you for your help and info!


Why can't you put an antenna in the great outdoors?

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