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.


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From: "matt V" <[log in to unmask]>
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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