i hate to say, none of the suggestions work. i think, actually i know,
there is too dang much rf in this building and i guess i'll have to settle
for 50/50 hiss and station, until i get xm. I hope there is not too much
rf for that
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Gary Ketler wrote:
> I used to have one of those mid-70's Radioshack FM rabbit ears. I heard a
> lot of great dx with them.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:06 PM
> Subject: Re: kind of on topic: radio, not ham
>
>
>> Hi Matt,
>>
>> i have found that for FM reception a simple non-amplified rabbit ears can
>> work as well as anything short of a fancy roof mount array. I have been
>> using a Radio Shack FM rabbit ears that cost me all of 14 dollars in 1977
>> and it's still doing a good job. I have never had any success with the
>> amplified rabbit ears FM or TV. They usually cost 3 or 4 times as much as
>> the non-amplified and I have never noticed any real difference--except
>> that
>> in some cheaper models--I get a lot more multipath when I turn on the
>> amplifier.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 2:21 PM
>> Subject: kind of on topic: radio, not ham
>>
>>
>> hi all,
>> I know this isn't a ham radio problem but i was wondering if anyone has an
>> idea what would work.
>> I had a walmart<shudder> radio/tv combo and reception used to be fairly
>> ok, but about 6 months ago, i couldnt hardly pick up much, not that radio
>> has anything good thats why i want xm, but this station 40 miles or so
>> north of us doesn't even come in over the whitenoise anymore, and on a
>> good day it barely does so when the antenna broke off finally i got my
>> aluminum foil out and made a makeshift antenna, well as i found out, that
>> works as well as a wooden nickel lol not that i've actually found one of
>> those to try, but any idea what would work for an fm antenna until i can
>> get xm?i was thinking about the magmount 2 meter antenna i have here but
>> not sure what that would do to the radio or the antenna. This thing from
>> walmart does have an antenna or cable hookup/jack though
>>
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