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In Reply to: RE: FM Signal Amp - Any Help ? posted by djost on June 20, 2009 at 14:55:15
Thanks for the replies.DoorNail - You're right, the documentation doesn't mention FM at all. I didn't notice this. Since the Radio Shack salesman told me this is what I needed, I guess I just assumed it said "works with FM" somewhere.
TimboInOz - Yes, the antenna does point at this station. It took awhile, but I had a friend watching my tuner's signal strength meter while I was up in the attic with my compass positioning the antenna.
This evening I went back to my Radio Shack dealer and he told me I could try the signal amp for a couple of days and if it doesn't help, I could return it. So, I went for it. And, guess what. It seems to be doing the trick. Using the strength meter as my guide (this is only way I know of to measure if the signal amp helps or not), the strongest the signal ever got was 3 out of 5 bars. With the signal amp in place the signal strength reaches all 5 bars. And, the FM station does sound better with the signal amp in place than without it. With respect to noise, I don't hear any.
Sunday afternoon is my big day when I listen to my FM tuner. So, we'll see (or should I say hear) what happens tomorrow. But so far, I am pretty happy with the results.
One thing I didn't mention and I just thought about is the coax cable I used is about 2x the length I needed. I admit that I know nothing about how an antenna works, but I wonder if the cable length was causing part of my problem.
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