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In Reply to: RE: Terk indoor/outdoor FM50 Pro antenna posted by Mcmann57 on March 16, 2014 at 05:50:40
It does NOT get a mention in the AC review of indoor antennas. I looked.The two issues V23 and 24 that covered FM showed a very good understanding of what matters to good FM reception. They did not much like the very sophisticated RF-amplifier they did review when added after a small indoor antenna.
If you want good FM reception you have to accept that the wavelength at 100Mhz is 11 feet.
Physics.
Holly, buy some rabbit ears.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Edits: 04/22/14Follow Ups:
...starting on page 55. I mis-spoke regarding which issue it was in.
Here's the link.
Edits: 04/23/14
It is about time.
Its usefulness for Holly will depend on her/his willingness to re-aim it at each station.
I note that you can turn the RF amplifier off. I'd be willing to bet it will sound better on lots of stations.
RF amplifiers at the antenna are a good way of coping with cable network losses but only downstream of a good antenna with more gain than a dipole. They are not a brilliant idea for a not so good antenna.
The tuner is not as important as the antenna.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
No, Timbo! Don't give in! keep up the good fight against the free lunchers. At RF size does matter. Aczel laments that the antenna needs to be turned. Oh the pain of directive gain :) Hard to believe that Terk would/could build a preamp competitive with the front ends in most tuners. We've all dreamed of the cute little high gain antenna. (To be sure, I know you know, but for others, antennas are generally passive, their gain is derived from their size and shape. Having recently retired from a career that started with designing satellite antennas, I'm sitting here listening to my Scott 310 E through an APS-13 pointed at Boston. Enjoying it but missing work, too. The DSP age has allowed degrees of freedom we never could achieve with analog means. We've seen a few examples of software-derived radio that do cool things while finding new problems as well. Getting enough dBm at your FE is still where its at. As you say you can't ignore the physics!
Regards to all,
Jim
P.S.to all in general If something works for you that defies conventional wisdom, great! Invest some organic clock cycles at trying to figure out why. Aye, there's the rub...
Edits: 04/28/14
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