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In Reply to: RE: Internet Radio Requirements? posted by palewin on July 17, 2009 at 12:20:38
If you make an indoor type out of TV twin ribbon you have two in parallel, twice the gain, which on a rhombic is pretty damned good.
OR If you are currently using one yagi, add another one!
If you have a single loft the size of your house, it ought to be possible to build a rhombic with each side as much as twice the wavelength long per side, or more! The longer the sides the higher the gain with a rhombic, at a given frequency. In plan view they look like this <> -> being the direction.
"putting WQXR on a 600 watt transmitter at a higher FM frequency". As the frequency goes up a rhombic of a given size will perform better.
I can send you the article if you email me.
Think about it at least. .......
Just below I suggested - to SamA - such a loft rhombic for reception of a low-power station at 60 miles, also down low in the band where the wavelengths are longer. At a given bearing there will be a fixed maximum size for a rhombic in a given room or loft space, but I am confident this will be his BEST possible solution.
Lofts tend to be bigger that most rooms.
I doubt that internet radio will ever match the sound quality of FM, given a strong enough signal at your tuner's front end. ? The bit rates are way too low. I'm not an expert on digital, but IMO NO lossy codec will ever match analogue.
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