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In Reply to: RE: BIC BEAM BOX Model FM 10 posted by Brian McGowan on August 13, 2014 at 16:56:37
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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