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Instead of how many tuners? How many of you have a good antenna?

Given the parlous state of FM in the USA - so often commented on this forum - I am a teeny bit puzzled by the obsession with tuners alone - evidenced by this post - when there's almost no-one else than me posting here about antennas?

:-)

Here's my definition of a 'good FM antenna.'

One that drives (all) your FM front end stage(s,) on all your desired stations, into full limiting, with a signal that also has low multipath on it - from each desired station.

My serious system's 'tunah' - is a rebuilt simulcast rcvr with the power amps off.

It has a magic eye valve SS meter, and a three LED centre tuning indicator. A valve front-end with a Foster-Seeley detector, an overbuilt SS power supply - and an SS MPX kit by "Studio 12" from the UK, which feeds a twin triode valve in cathode-follower mode.

It's now driven real hard by the new antenna for which see my recent post.

It also has a wide audio bandwidth AM (-3db @ 13khz) stage. Driven by a 'random wire' antenna tuned with a vane-cap and a coil.

I don't listen critically elsewhere in the house. But on both the FM stations I bother with, and into all the other FM stages in use, we are in full limiting. Very quiet.

I do own one tuner, an old analogue-dial Rotel (324?.) Out of use waiting to go to my son. The rest are receivers. We have three FM wall plates in the house.



Warmest

Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger



Edits: 02/24/16

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Topic - Instead of how many tuners? How many of you have a good antenna? - Timbo in Oz 01:58:10 02/24/16 (18)

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