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)
- RE: Instead of how many tuners? How many of you have a good antenna? - kingjim1954 16:38:21 03/07/16 (0)
- RE: Instead of how many tuners? How many of you have a good antenna? - dxho 14:42:40 03/03/16 (1)
- DIY & a WAF surprise! An Australian electronics magazine recently had a plan and article on a similar device! - Timbo in Oz 15:41:20 03/03/16 (0)
- How about this?... - Steve O 11:21:38 02/27/16 (2)
- Yours is bigger than mine! - Timbo in Oz 14:37:08 02/27/16 (1)
- RE: Winegard 8300 Antenna ... - FRG7SWL 10:20:45 03/03/16 (0)
- Just a length of CAT5 cable on the back of the receiver; nothing here worth anything else! )MT( - J. S. Bach 17:43:58 02/25/16 (1)
- That's a bummer! But then again, there used to be only one good FM station here. - Timbo in Oz 20:38:46 02/25/16 (0)
- FM in Australia? - Timbo in Oz 11:57:58 02/25/16 (0)
- How many of you have a good antenna? - Jim Treanor 08:34:51 02/25/16 (0)
- RE: Instead of how many tuners? How many of you have a good antenna? - PAR 05:22:49 02/25/16 (0)
- Challenged - Mats Gunnars 17:08:59 02/24/16 (3)
- RE: Challenged - Eli Duttman 17:57:28 02/24/16 (2)
- RE: Challenged - Mats Gunnars 19:06:32 02/24/16 (1)
- RE: Challenged - Mats Gunnars 19:50:36 02/24/16 (0)
- I do have one but it's not erected :-( - mhardy6647 05:37:44 02/24/16 (2)
- You have my permission to wait until it's warm again!? - Timbo in Oz 20:05:44 02/24/16 (1)
- I may go for an attic mount -- WAF, don't you know? :-P (nt) - mhardy6647 06:22:17 02/26/16 (0)