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LOL - my case - that most people just don't get antennas for FM at all - rests!

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Timbo in Oz

In Reply to: RE: Sony XDR-F1HD problem posted by sberger on March 24, 2014 at 16:48:27

Thanks for the encouragement.

Warmest

Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

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RE: LOL - my case - that most people just don't get antennas for FM at all - rests! - sberger 20:37:32 03/25/14 (1)
Crazy huh Mr. Bailey, sir. And of course you're right. You'll like this story. So I moved into my house in '98. Old house. Antenna on the roof. But back then I got my DirecTV and was all set. About 3 years ago got into vintage audio, and tuners. San Francisco, and the Bay Area, has some mighty good radio. But I was using only indoor antennas, and couldn't get much reception since I live in a hilly area. Reception, yes, but not like I heard about. Finally one day I had a brain storm and grabbed that flapping wire that banged against the house. Put it through a window and hooked it up to my Fisher 400 and VOILA!. Incredible super strong reception. Fisher's tuning eye, which usually only closed about 30%, now closed all the way on multiple stations. Great fidelity.

So point to the story is that yeah you can play around with this stuff, but if you want to get serious about radio you will need to do the roof antenna. As Mr Bailey has espoused many times over.
- SF is hilly, so is Canberra, and we both have tube front-ends that need to be driven hard - Timbo in Oz 22:07:16 03/25/14 (0)
  ;-)!
  Been in SF, 1997, GHyatt top-floor, trying to get FM -'classical' off a Walkman.
  I had one of that headphone company's "Traveller packs" too! With Etymotic headphones. and etc. ? Ask?
  Thank God I wasn't paying for my baggage.
  
  Warmest
  
  Tim Bailey
  
  Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
  
  Edits: 03/25/14 03/25/14

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