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Long Range Attic FM Antenna
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| Topic: | Long Range Attic FM Antenna This thread has 10 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Thursday February 27, 2003 at 16:30 |
AZ Scott Long Time Member |
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My Customers & myself all live in a town about 70 miles from any major city. My problem is that we are unable to pick up any of the major city FM Stations on our Home Audio Equipment. Does anyone know of a good reasonably priced attic antenna that can pull in these stations. Roof mounted antennas are out of the question. Also can the antenna be hooked-up to the audio equipment & a AM/FM whole house intercom simutaneously.
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| Post 2 made on Thursday February 27, 2003 at 17:19 |
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Any good TV antenna will be a fine FM antenna; the FM band falls between channels 6 & 7 on the TV band. Get the same kind of "deep fringe" tv antenna you would get for tuning tv in your area, and make sure to aim it carefully at the city you are looking for. Take a look at http://www.antennaweb.org for aiming tips and stuff like that there. The antenna should have enough output to drive two tuners through a splitter, so hooking it up to the home theater system and the intercom system will probably not be a problem.
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| Post 3 made on Thursday February 27, 2003 at 20:28 |
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They do make FM dipolar antennas that are specialized in receiving these frequencies. Just like your car antenna, moving it a little bit in any direction will either improve the signal or make it worse. 'walk the attic' with the antenna for the best reception.
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| Post 4 made on Friday February 28, 2003 at 07:35 |
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On 02/27/03 20:28, Matt said...
They do make FM dipolar antennas that are specialized
in receiving these frequencies. Dipolar antennas are specifically no-directional, and as a result have less gain in any particular direction. They work quite well in strong FM areas and areas where there are a number of stations at various points on the compass. If you're looking to tune Walla Walla when you live in Elephant's Breath, you need a big arrow shaped high gain antenna.
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| Post 5 made on Friday February 28, 2003 at 09:23 |
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| OP | Post 6 made on Friday February 28, 2003 at 12:53 |
AZ Scott Long Time Member |
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Thanks for all the input, I've checked out the antennas @ Antenna Performance Specialties. Has anyone installed their attic antenna, that tube looking thing. Also I was thinking of the Terk FMPro.
Thanks, Scott
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| Post 7 made on Friday February 28, 2003 at 13:35 |
Tom Ciaramitaro Loyal Member |
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A couple of cautions for you:
First, forget a dipole. A dipole by definition has unity gain (unity = 1) meaning the strength of the signal is not amplified at all. It's as useless as the wires that are packed in the box with receivers nowadays.
A yagi type antenna, the traditional TV type antenna mentioned earlier, can be a very high gain device, significantly amplifying a weak incoming signal. This is the type to look for. I use one in my attic.
Be sure when you shop for one to verify that it is made to pass FM. Certain antennas actually have a trap for FM and won't give you any reception at all. Under certain conditions, FM can interfere with TV reception, due to its location between TV channels 6 and 7; some antenna manufacturers block FM to prevent that interference. If it's good for FM, it will probably say VHF/FM or UHF/VHF/FM specifically.
=Tom
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| Post 8 made on Friday February 28, 2003 at 15:32 |
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Antennas do not amplify. They simply pick up more of the signal.
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| Post 9 made on Saturday March 1, 2003 at 14:15 |
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| Post 10 made on Sunday March 2, 2003 at 04:25 |
Yes I have used the "tube" type antenna from Antenna Performance. Its what I spec for a short range omni-directional antenna. I generally use the APS-9 for distant directional apps.
jcmitch
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| Post 11 made on Sunday March 2, 2003 at 20:32 |
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Magnum dynolab makes a killer FM antenna that mounts in the attic. It works very well.
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