RE: "Which type antenna do you have?"

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

Posted by 1973shovel (A) on September 17, 2015 at 15:52:28

In Reply to: RE: Antenna connection posted by eleiko2@verizon.net on September 17, 2015 at 09:11:06:

I have a rooftop mounted, rotational, FM only Yagi. It's down at the moment, while some work was being done. Now that the weather's cooling off, I need to get it back up there. Meanwhile, I'm using a smaller (fewer elements) FM Yagi, mounted in my attic, and pointed at my favorite station. I'm using RG-6 quad shield cable, if memory serves me.

There's no need to suspect whether or not you'd get better performance from an outdoor antenna. So much of audio is subjective, but a quality FM antenna is pure science. The better the antenna, the stronger the signal you feed to your tuner. And the higher you mount the antenna, the further you can pick up a signal. Every one foot increase in antenna height equals one extra mile of reception.

Even if you keep your T antenna, get it as high up in your house (or outside your house) as possible.

Enjoy your new tuner.

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Topic - Finally Settled On A Tuner To Replace My Yamaha T-1 - eleiko2@verizon.net 14:16:30 09/16/15 (12)

Assuming you controll the aesthetics in the basement you might try a rhombic antenna on its ceiling. - Timbo in Oz 14:45:59 09/19/15 (5)

RE: Assuming you controll the aesthetics in the basement you might try a rhombic antenna on its ceiling. - eleiko2@verizon.net 15:49:41 09/19/15 (4)

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Congratulations - 1973shovel 15:05:53 09/16/15 (5)

RE: Congratulations - eleiko2@verizon.net 02:47:37 09/17/15 (4)

Antenna connection - 1973shovel 05:54:07 09/17/15 (3)

RE: Antenna connection - eleiko2@verizon.net 09:11:06 09/17/15 (2)

RE: "Which type antenna do you have?" - 1973shovel 15:52:28 09/17/15 (1)

RE: "Which type antenna do you have?" - eleiko2@verizon.net 03:16:39 09/18/15 (0)

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RE: "Which type antenna do you have?" - 1973shovel 15:52:28 09/17/15 (1)

RE: "Which type antenna do you have?" - eleiko2@verizon.net 03:16:39 09/18/15 (0)

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