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CLM in ND
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 Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 3:24 am Post subject: Amplified FM antennas |
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Back in the early 1990's, when I was first buying stereo components, I
tried several different kinds of amplified FM antennas. There wasn't
anything wrong with the antenna that came with my receiver, but I
wanted "the best", as some catalog or sales guy said I should. I tried
Terk & a couple of other brands. They were all crap. All they did was
increase noise. A friend of mine said all they do is amplify noise. I
only lived a couple of miles out of town at that time, so maybe they
work better in extremely rural areas, where it is hard to get a signal.
But I haven't found anything better than a run-of-the-mill dipole
antenna or a rabbit ears TV antenna for good, quiet FM stereo
reception.
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JANA
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:14 am Post subject: Re: Amplified FM antennas |
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Amplified antennas generally increase noise. The ideal way to improve
reception is to have a proper antenna to begin with. If there is poor
reception to begin with, then the noise content in the signal will be
amplified along with it.
Once you have a good clean signal, you can use a high quality RF line
amplifier to distribute it. If you are using a single or only a few
receivers and the wire length to the antenna is not very long, there is
normaly no need to amplify the signal.
I found that these small amplified antennas that are on the market are just
a gadget to make someone a few dollars.
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JANA
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"CLM in ND" <cameronmarvel@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Back in the early 1990's, when I was first buying stereo components, I
tried several different kinds of amplified FM antennas. There wasn't
anything wrong with the antenna that came with my receiver, but I
wanted "the best", as some catalog or sales guy said I should. I tried
Terk & a couple of other brands. They were all crap. All they did was
increase noise. A friend of mine said all they do is amplify noise. I
only lived a couple of miles out of town at that time, so maybe they
work better in extremely rural areas, where it is hard to get a signal.
But I haven't found anything better than a run-of-the-mill dipole
antenna or a rabbit ears TV antenna for good, quiet FM stereo
reception.
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Richard Amirault
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| Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:14 am Post subject: Re: Amplified FM antennas |
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"CLM in ND" wrote ...
| Quote: | Back in the early 1990's, when I was first buying stereo components, I
tried several different kinds of amplified FM antennas. There wasn't
anything wrong with the antenna that came with my receiver, but I
wanted "the best", as some catalog or sales guy said I should. I tried
Terk & a couple of other brands. They were all crap. All they did was
increase noise. A friend of mine said all they do is amplify noise. I
only lived a couple of miles out of town at that time, so maybe they
work better in extremely rural areas, where it is hard to get a signal.
But I haven't found anything better than a run-of-the-mill dipole
antenna or a rabbit ears TV antenna for good, quiet FM stereo
reception.
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And your point is?
Any rf amplifier will "amplify noise" is that is what you are feeding it
with your antenna. You need a good antenna that is away from any local
noise sources and a good feedline to feed your amplifier.
You want a "good" FM antenna. Get something that mounts on your roof.
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Richard Amirault N1JDU Boston,
MA, USA
n1jdu.org "Go Fly A Kite" |
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