In Reply to: RE: BIC BEAM BOX Model FM 10 posted by Nadguy on August 13, 2014 at 19:59:51:
I had one in the early 80's. Got it used, cheap. I think Consumer's Report was right - it's potentially useful in high signal strength areas (in the city), because the switch on the front panel lets you select which antenna elements (which essentially point in different directions) inside the box get connected to your tuner, which might help reduce multipath. In the suburbs, I found it no better than a dipole made of 300 ohm twinline, and usually worse (lower signal strength from those short antenna elements in the box).
Rule of thumb - you want more signal, you put up more metal :-)
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