Finally working on twinlead FM antennas in rafters

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Which tuner to get and getting the most from it. Thank God, for the radio!

FM reception is marginal for the stations we listen to. Have I tried a good antenna? Well I'm about to. Our main listening room is one story and shares a wall with the garage. There is an entry to the crawl space from the garage. I now have the first of 3 twinlead FM antennas installed. I pulled 3 lines for a planned 3 antennas. The first is a folded dipole about 10 ft. wide and is in place and in use. This will be my "omni" as it helps on most of the stations, but I will be adding 2 rhombics. fmfool shows that there are stations of interest on the compass at 325 deg. and 15 deg. There is 1 station at 15deg. just over a mile away, but I think we're actually too close, given the elevation difference. Next up is the first of the 2 rhombics. Looking at the 3 twin leads hanging out the wall, I'm thinking I should install a rotary switch in the wall to clean things up and select the antenna to the tuner.

The rhombics are straightforward, but working in the rafters is taxing. I sure hope it pays off with high fidelity FM.

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Topic - Finally working on twinlead FM antennas in rafters - cootcraig 06:18:55 12/12/13 (7)

If the rhmobic's sizes and the loft spaec allows angling the rhombics up towards the feed-point end / station - Timbo in Oz 12:50:12 12/12/13 (3)

enough space, but cramped was RE: If the rhmobic's sizes and the loft spaec allows - cootcraig 13:14:20 12/12/13 (2)

I'll assume you've read the artcile from Audio that's here in FAqs - Timbo in Oz 20:01:36 12/12/13 (1)

Yes sir. I'm using that article for construction. RE: I'll assume you've read ... - cootcraig 07:55:42 12/13/13 (0)

RE: Finally working on twinlead FM antennas in rafters - Awe-d-o-file 08:42:36 12/12/13 (2)

shielded cable? was RE: Finally working on twinlead FM antennas in rafters - cootcraig 13:11:13 12/12/13 (1)

RE: shielded cable? was RE: Finally working on twinlead FM antennas in rafters - Awe-d-o-file 17:35:29 12/13/13 (0)

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