FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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Hey,
So I've got one of those $25 Terk powered units hooked to my Denon AVR-2803. It's a small improvement over the single, F-terminated wire that came w/ the receiver. But it's so-so and best. And on overcast or rainy days, fuggedaboudit.
I want to be able to listen to my local NPR station, especially while puttering around on Sat. mornings, but can't bear hearing static pumping through my new system.
Granted, we've got a lot of mountains around here
(Western NC), but I don't think getting in a local station should be that tough.
Any and all advice appreciated.
Roger
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Re: FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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Yeah, I've got one of those Jerk, uh sorry, Terk antennas too. Infinitesimal difference between it, and the antenna that came with the receiver. I'll be interested to see if some of the folks here can offer some antenna suggestions about picking up distant FM stations. I'm sure not gonna be any help to you.
Jack
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
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Re: FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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This would probably work. It seems to be in a mountainous area as well.
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Re: FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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I assume your station of choice isn't available on cable FM?
Bren R.
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Re: FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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Re: FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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spiff, you post that picture in one breath, and in the next tell all how terrible massachusetts drivers are?
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Re: FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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In mountainous areas you'll probably need a tuner with frequency isolation-- check out the "Model 1" by Henry Kloss.
It's the same technology that cell-phones use to get good reception.
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Twodan...not sure I get the connection.
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Re: FM: No static at all...(NOT!)
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Ok... so a really good tuner might help (those Kloss Model 1's do rock - I listen to NPR every morning on a Model 3)... I've had pretty darn good success with hard to reach stations on my "regular" stereo using a thrift-store TV antenna. It picks up about everything... it's not a powered model, so one of those might be better. FM isn't all THAT hard to pick over here, but I like the college radio, and their transmitter must be like 13 watts or something ridiculous.
On another note... when I was much younger, I found a CB Radio and wired it up in my bedroom and ran a wire out my window to the gutters on the house. That was an effectively huge antenna - worked really well too.
good luck - lemme know how you fare!
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There's an old story about a college radio station that did something somewhat similar-- they hooked their transmitter up to the railroad tracks. Which were connected through something like an 8-state area. Needless to say, they came in crystal-clear in most of that 8-state area, and also were promptly slapped with a huge FCC fine.
Urban Myth or True Story, I don't know.
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