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Options for getting Radio broadcasts in very callending reception conditions?

Posted by jaybar (A) on October 24, 2006 at 22:46:39

I live in NYC, near the brooklyn side of East River. I am located between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. This area gives rise to multipath in the extreme. Moreover the area down under the Manhattan Bridge and adjacent to it, is being gentrified with several new high-rise apartment buildings. With each new building the reception gets worse and worse.

I had a MD 100 which was upgraded to a 102, which I was using with an ST-2.

Over time, the added construction has made the reception so bad that whenever i Moved my body near the tuner, the sound would cut out. It got to the point where I could only get one or two favorite stations and I sold the tuner.

My dealer seems to feel that I will have this condition no matter what tuner I get. Does that seem reasonable? Are some tuners better than others in coping with this type of situation? What are my options?

A roof antennae is NOT possible and I need to keep the ST-2 in the vertical position, behind the drapes and in the corner.

The building is poured concrete and steel which makes it even worse!

My cable company does not offer FM.

Are there options open to me or should I just give up on FM?

Thanks,

Jay

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