You can hide them under a big rug or pin them to a ceiling.

Posted by Timbo in Oz (A) on October 9, 2015 at 21:55:57

In Reply to: Thanks posted by Jim Austin on October 9, 2015 at 10:46:43:

FM just is directional, and is thus prone to multi-path - reflections ..... boing- boing, and when listening crackles and fizz. and weirdly strained phasey sound.

I do get what you are facing. Multi-path doesn't have to be grossly obvious to be affecting your received sound.

If you have a Significant Other who LOVES FM then you may be able to build one or more rhombics, and 'conceal' them.

Big tall city buildings. This is what DAB was developed for and for mountainous terrain, IE satellite radio firing down. HD radio isn't HD and doesn't sound better than good FM from a good antenna

The only reasons - two - for me to bother with FM and antennas are these two stations.

http://www.abc.net.au/classic/music-listings/?date=2015-10-10

a national free public broadcaster's classical network - Satellite based but the grnd txers are FM (and DAB).

http://artsound.fm/ which is far broader and local and for who I used to - and will return to - record live acoustic stuff in 2-mike stereo.

Antennas matter to me because ii) Canberra is inside the Great Dividing Range and we are between two Mt's in a strong signal area, and i) on my path to senior NCO rank in the infantry I had to learn to be a good signaller / radio man?! I had to become well above average at all the infantry specialist roles, in fact. Good reception is never where cover from observation or fire is good.

Happy to be a sounding board.

Warmest

Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

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Topic - McIntosh MR78 - Jim Austin 05:09:31 10/05/15 (18)

RE: McIntosh MR78 - Vinyl Rules! 17:34:19 11/16/15 (0)

RE: McIntosh MR78 - halvis 19:40:45 11/02/15 (7)

I am surprised that your response to a reception problem in a city - Timbo in Oz 01:13:08 11/03/15 (3)

RE: I am surprised that your response to a reception problem in a city - halvis 23:22:32 11/08/15 (2)

RE: I am surprised that your response to a reception problem in a city - halvis 02:43:13 11/09/15 (0)

No tuner made can help. - Timbo in Oz 00:44:28 11/09/15 (0)

I've never heard the Sansui 717 - 1973shovel 20:04:00 11/02/15 (2)

RE: I've never heard the Sansui 717 - halvis 20:27:06 11/02/15 (1)

i would think that a - very cheap - rhombic wire directional antenna, pointed in the right direction - Timbo in Oz 12:08:11 11/07/15 (0)

RE: McIntosh MR78 - gordguide 04:30:23 10/07/15 (7)

RE: McIntosh MR78 - Jim Austin 07:42:32 10/08/15 (5)

there is an excellent high-gain dierctional indoor option - Timbo in Oz 13:49:00 10/08/15 (4)

Thanks - Jim Austin 10:46:43 10/09/15 (3)

You can hide them under a big rug or pin them to a ceiling. - Timbo in Oz 21:55:57 10/09/15 (2)

RE: You can hide them under a big rug or pin them to a ceiling. - Jim Austin 07:43:21 10/12/15 (1)

Some thoughts about apartments FM and tall buildings? - Timbo in Oz 16:09:54 10/13/15 (0)

What Gord said~nT - Cleantimestream 17:04:33 10/07/15 (0)

RE: McIntosh MR78 - 6bq5 09:13:20 10/05/15 (0)

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You can hide them under a big rug or pin them to a ceiling. - Timbo in Oz 21:55:57 10/09/15 (2)

RE: You can hide them under a big rug or pin them to a ceiling. - Jim Austin 07:43:21 10/12/15 (1)

Some thoughts about apartments FM and tall buildings? - Timbo in Oz 16:09:54 10/13/15 (0)

You can hide them under a big rug or pin them to a ceiling.

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