Ken;

What I'd like to know is how can you improve the reception of an fm telescopic antenna?

I have the Sangean HDR1 and the fm reception needs to be improved.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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  Subject: Re: [BLIND-HAMS] off topic fm and am antanna help


  Hi Hank, I've done much reading on this subject of improving fm reception
  with an indoor antenna.  As you already learned, amplified antennas don't
  work.  I also tried the BesBuy indoor active Terk fm tower with no luck.  I
  really don't think you can do much better than the good old rabbit ears
  antenna for indoor antennas.  The trick to using one of these antennas is
  getting the right location and orientation.  On some stations just moving
  the elements an inch or so will cause me to lose my station.  Also try
  setting the elements to about a 40 degree angle and then tip the setup in
  the direction that gives the best signal.  If you can get the rabbit ears
  into a crawl space in  to the attic this might help.

  Try a loop.  Length is 1005/Freq in Mhz (about 10 feet for fm).  Connect the
  ends of the wire to the 300-ohm side of a 300 to 75 ohm balun.

  Below I've listed a couple of antennas I'm researching, but have not tried.
  They are both really just dipoles but these antennas are often mentioned in
  the audiophile articles I like to read.

  The Silver Ribbon Antenna by Magnum Dynalab
  The SR-100
  (I think it's about $35 if you can find one)
  A high-efficiency indoor antenna that is ...
  . Continuously tunable across the FM dial to maximize reception,
  . Rotatable for best station orientation.
  . Designed to complement just about any FM system arrangement.
  . Receives local HDTV signal with ease due to its UHF design.
  . Directionality helps in solving problems due to multi path interference


  And then Ccrane has a $35 dipole (I think it's just an off-center fed
  dipole), but it might be worth a try.  About $35.


  Good luck,
  73, Ken -N5SWR

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  Subject: off topic fm and am antanna help


  Hello.
  I am trying to pull in some week signals out of seattle wa from olympia wa.
  I am running a boston acoustics recepter
  currently I am using a pair of rabbit ear tv antanna's in the horzontal
  possission and am getting a little better results but I am needing a bit
  more recieving power on fm and I am also needing some am recommendations.
  I purchased a amplified am/fm antanna from terk for 30 dollars from best buy

  and it was the worst performming antanna that was amplified I ran in to even

  with the amp maxxed, it had a amp dial that you could adjust.
  any recommendations for indoor use that I can purchase at a local store?
  either from radio shack best buy or some other  place?
  thanks
  Hank

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