In Reply to: RE: "Or, shall I just go with an omni directional FM antenna" posted by 1973shovel on June 5, 2012 at 08:15:33:
I'm most concerned with the television channel reception from Buffalo. for FM, I really only listen to a couple and both are located in Toronto as I listen to classical and jazz.
From where I live the CN tower and Buffalo transmitters are alomost literally in-line with each other; about 5-10 degrees and most antennas that meet the distance and channel criteria I've come across seem to cover about 20-30 degress so I do not need an omni directional antenna.
One thread I've read has a writer who lives just north of me and on the same line of site as I am is using a CM4228HD and getting into Buffalo with no problem but, the 4228 only is designed for channel 7 to 69. He did mention it seems good on FM, better than a twin folded dipole he had been using but it picks nothing up when he tried 2-1 and 2-2 so, not a consideration for me.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
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- RE: "Or, shall I just go with an omni directional FM antenna" - Brian Levy 13:54:39 06/05/12 (2)
- Ahh, I thought music was your primary goal, not TV. Good luck with your project. (nt) - 1973shovel 15:04:47 06/05/12 (1)
- RE: Ahh, I thought music was your primary goal, not TV. Good luck with your project. (nt) - Brian Levy 12:48:42 06/06/12 (0)