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I just picked up @ one of our local Thrift Stores a BIC BEAM BOX model FM 10 in fairly nice shape for $ 3.00! I plan on testing it out tomorrow to see if it will work better then the Rabbit ears I am now using on my Yamaha CR 620!Has anyone here ever tried one? I remember asking about the Model 8 which was an AM/FM model back around 2007.Have read some of the archives about the FM 10 but thought there maybe others who would like to chime in about it!
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Cool vintage item. Rabbit ears are the best indoor antenna due to one can rotate for best signal strength and provide some multipath nulling. Some rabbit ear antennas have a peak tuning dial too.
I picked up one for a similar low price. It probably can help with multipath, but not signal strength.
Dave
It was a freebie so I couldn't lose. It's okay for most nearby stations. I'm in Philly near City Ave. and I can get 'RTI and 'XPN easily. With a bit of twiddling 'RDV 107.3 comes through in mono but some days there's too much noise from RnB stations on either side of it. It's ok but definitely not worth paying eprey prices,nuh uh.
Hey Bob we are neighbors. I have had mine for years and am going to try it soon in a tuner shoot out. I want to get down to two tuners.
Al,let us know about that shootout if you do it.
I should hook it up an give mine a try. I have been mostly listening to CDs and records lately. Used to live in Philly. I am a Temple Univ. graduate, but that was in 81.
Dave
From its design I suspect one of those hdtv antennas in the range of $15 discounted including the amp will do as well. I picked up 2 different ones about a year ago and tried them. One was rated from vhf high through uhf while the other said vhf and up. Tried both and the one advertised as vhf up worked better. But, the amp from it apparently did not go down as far as the amp from the other as when mated it cut off the lower fm I ended up keeping the antenna that say vhf and up and the amp from the other. The dealer when I told him said it was fine with home as the size and shape of the amp's were the same and his customers likely would never notice the name crossing.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
I have used one for over twenty years--works well and I suspect its only slightly better than rabbit ears. It's not amplified of course. As old as it is you probably need to clean the switches.
Thank you very much for your input!
I had one, and in my world, it did no better,(and usually worse) than a pair of rabbit ears. Oh, and after taking it apart, I was underwhelmed by the "antenna" inside.
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For $3.00 it was worth a 50-50 chance that it could be better then or no worse then what I am using now!Sorry to hear that it did not work for you! I hope I have much better luck!
Incidentally I had an old Consumers Report Buying Guide from 1983 and it was retailed for $100 but heavily discounted. It was their choice for "Strong-signal areas" because of the convenience of switching to obtain cleaner signals vs shifting a 5 ft dipole ribbon each time you changed a station. They did say however that the Dipole performed as well.
I had one in the early 80's. Got it used, cheap. I think Consumer's Report was right - it's potentially useful in high signal strength areas (in the city), because the switch on the front panel lets you select which antenna elements (which essentially point in different directions) inside the box get connected to your tuner, which might help reduce multipath. In the suburbs, I found it no better than a dipole made of 300 ohm twinline, and usually worse (lower signal strength from those short antenna elements in the box).
Rule of thumb - you want more signal, you put up more metal :-)
Thanks again for all the information!
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