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In Reply to: RE: Indoor antennas posted by OakIris on February 26, 2014 at 14:32:29
Save your money! Build a folded dipole out of 300 ohm twin lead and tape it to a broom stick or strip of wood. The wooden support allows the antenna's orientation to be easily manipulated.
IMO, everybody in this hobby should be capable of tackling this kind (elementary) of DIY project. To that end, should you not already own soldering equipment, acquire a 25 - 30 W. pencil and 63/37 tin/lead rosin core solder. I've provided a link to construction methodology. The page shows taped connections. Solder the connections to obtain better reliability.
Eli D.
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I do prefer the rabbit ear for ease of use, stability in that it retains its set "direction". Fooling with a dipole mounted to a broom stick is a PITA
ET
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Would that antenna work as well as a DIY dipole ?
It sure looks nicer than a broomstick :)
It is a dipole so would work as well with some small variables.
ET
Thank you for the link, Eli. I have the tools to make the antenna, would need to get some supplies together, but I am not quite ready to take this on right now. I have a few other projects going right now that take precedence over making an antenna, and need to get an antenna very soon as I have a chance to audition some tuners in my own system within the next week or so if all goes as planned. :-)
Holly
I have tried rabbit ears and the Magnum Dynalab extender type aluminum strip antenna. The latter is better, although not optimal by any means. The Magnum Dynalab whip antenna is not much better; not worth the extra cost. If your signal is weak, there really is no alternative to a roof or attic antenna.
Neal
Thank you for your response, Neal. I realize an indoor antenna is not ideal, but I don't have an attic and I am hoping that the rabbit ears antenna I just purchased (vintage RCA) will work for me. The stations I listen to are local and have good signals.I will find out this weekend - received my new FM tuner yesterday (an Eico Classic 2200,) but have to do some rearranging to fit it on my equipment rack; I am going to wait until Saturday to do this.
If the rabbit ears antenna is inadequate, I will look into my outside antenna options, but installation will have to wait for warmer weather. :-P
Holly
Edits: 03/12/14
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