youse tuner guyses might find this interesting (active antenna content)

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Posted on April 27, 2014 at 15:20:04

mhardy6647
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I remember this from catalogs but I'd never seen one in the flesh - til yesterday.

Couldn't resist it for seven Samoleums, so it followed me home...

I cannot ascertain how well it works, because it takes two 9V batteries to operate its built-in amp... and I don't seem to have any farking 9V batteries!?! :-P

My guess is it won't be much better - nor worse - than any other small active FM antenna I've got... which is to say, probably pretty mediocre.

Further details as events warrant...

all the best,
mrh

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RE: youse tuner guyses might find this interesting (active antenna content)

Crazy Dave

14:50:45 05/12/14

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Pete B.

14:06:06 05/09/14

Here you go

Timbo in Oz

21:32:27 05/14/14

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RE: youse tuner guyses might find this interesting (active antenna content)

Crazy Dave

14:50:45 05/12/14

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Pete B.

14:06:06 05/09/14

Here you go

Timbo in Oz

21:32:27 05/14/14

Way cool looking

jedrider

12:18:23 05/08/14

so, have you bought some PP3 batteries yet?

Timbo in Oz

21:45:52 05/03/14

2

I did - even installed 'em...

mhardy6647

10:37:08 05/07/14

Spring, and Autumn / Fall are busy times, no?! ;-)!

Timbo in Oz

15:30:10 05/07/14

RE: "and I don't seem to have any farking 9V batteries!?! "

1973shovel

18:20:41 04/28/14

The old house had add-on smoke detectors with 9V batts

mhardy6647

03:14:49 04/29/14

RE: It'll be interesting .........

hitsware

19:40:30 04/27/14

LOL!

Timbo in Oz

14:18:06 04/29/14

RE: It'll be interesting ........., posted on April 27, 2014 at 19:40:30
hitsware Audiophile Posts: 2636 Location: N. Calif. Joined: December 30, 2004	.....I've never read a positive comment on an active antennae ...

RE: "and I don't seem to have any farking 9V batteries!?! ", posted on April 28, 2014 at 18:20:41
1973shovel Audiophile Posts: 10117 Location: Greenville SC Joined: February 25, 2007	What? No smoke detectors in your house? Scarf two out, and try that thing. I mean, what's the chances of a fire, really? Be bold!

The old house had add-on smoke detectors with 9V batts, posted on April 29, 2014 at 03:14:49
mhardy6647 Audiophile Posts: 16018 Location: New England Joined: October 12, 1999 Contributor Since: October 23, 2016	... the new one has hard-wired smoke and CO detectors integrated with an alarm system -- I am not entirely sure this is a step forward, though. Heck, it gives me an excuse to go shopping! all the best, mrh

LOL!, posted on April 29, 2014 at 14:18:06

Timbo in Oz
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Thanks, and keep da faith!

This one MIGHT be as good as the ONE GOOD TERK item also some kind of folded dipole and therefore directional.

Battery power may make it quieter, than a PSU off the mains can.

Warmest

Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

so, have you bought some PP3 batteries yet? , posted on May 3, 2014 at 21:45:52
Timbo in Oz Audiophile Posts: 23221 Location: Canberra - in the ACT - SE Australia Joined: January 30, 2002	EMWTKnow how it goes where you are! You will need to aim it IE across the line of sight to each transmitter. Warmest Tim Bailey Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

I did - even installed 'em..., posted on May 7, 2014 at 10:37:08
mhardy6647 Audiophile Posts: 16018 Location: New England Joined: October 12, 1999 Contributor Since: October 23, 2016	but I haven't hooked the antenna to a tuner yet :-P The weather's been too good -- I've been doin' chores out in the yard! Cut the grass yesterday for the first time this year... (we still have to figure out to do with the 'wasteland' above from which we had to have a couple of acres of red pine removed) all the best, mrh

Spring, and Autumn / Fall are busy times, no?! ;-)!, posted on May 7, 2014 at 15:30:10
Timbo in Oz Audiophile Posts: 23221 Location: Canberra - in the ACT - SE Australia Joined: January 30, 2002	In autumn you are reminded of all the pruning that's been put off. ;-)! Warmest Tim Bailey Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

Way cool looking, posted on May 8, 2014 at 12:18:23
jedrider Audiophile Posts: 15167 Location: No. California Joined: December 26, 2003	if it doesn't improve your FM reception, you can always see if it'll fly by tossing it ;-)

RE: youse tuner guyses might find this interesting (active antenna content), posted on May 9, 2014 at 14:06:06
Pete B. Audiophile Posts: 72 Location: Central NJ Joined: January 26, 2001	Do tell, Tim - which is the one good Terk?

RE: youse tuner guyses might find this interesting (active antenna content), posted on May 12, 2014 at 14:50:45
Crazy Dave Audiophile Posts: 14371 Location: East Coast Joined: October 4, 2001	Hi Mark, I could not have left something that cool looking either! Being a Technics product, it is probably very rare. I have no idea how good it is, but Technics did make some good stuff. Let us know! Dave

Here you go, posted on May 14, 2014 at 21:32:27

Timbo in Oz
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Go to here - just below and click on the link.

A couple of points? An antenna mounted in a loft is 'a good thing,' encouraging people to do it even more so.

A half-wave dipole is a lot better than any other teeny-tiny TERK with FM 'capability'.

If you use it in a loft / on a roof you cannot aim it unless you invest in a rotator to mount it on. My instant thought is ..... Why put an amplified antenna in a loft if you thus MUST have room for a yagi?

You can switch the RF amplifier off. I would be unsurprised if it sounded better 'off' on many stations. IE local ones.

Note that the comments from Richard Modaferri would - I hope - mean that this is the BEST active* indoor FM antenna he has tested. * amplified.

Warmest

Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

Wher to fifn out about the Terk PRO (?????) FM 50.

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youse tuner guyses might find this interesting (active antenna content)

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