If you have a good clear view from a window or something for the xm
antenna you should be fine. Lu does raise a good question however.
What is the source of the other rf in the building?
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From: For blind ham radio operators
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Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:27 PM
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Subject: Re: kind of on topic: radio, not ham
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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