In Reply to: To MarkW: Re: Tried the FM antenna from RatShack posted by Jay on May 26, 1999 at 05:33:18:
Sorry if I led you on a wild goose chase.Like I said, I'm about 20 miles out of NYC and it works for me. Location is everything.
This is why it's difficult to give a black & white answer to antennas. Maybe when they said 20 miles, they really meant it.
I understand about the dipole working better there, particularly if you are on the second floor or higher. The "blade" is an end-fed vertically oriented half-wave monopole and, in a strong signal area, is easier to posistion for a good compromise.
With distance and weak signal a factor, a PROPERLY OSITIONED dipole can outperform many other antennas. BTW, the "5 bars outta 5" shows the results of amplifying a weak, dirty signal. Stronger? Yes! Cleaner? NO!
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- Thanks for the feedback... - Markw 09:39:29 05/26/99 (7)
- Re: Thanks for the feedback... - Mark 07:18:08 05/27/99 (4)
- Re: Thanks for the feedback... - Markw 07:42:17 05/27/99 (3)
- Re: Thanks for the feedback... - Mark 07:11:28 05/28/99 (1)
- Actually... - Markw 05:35:55 06/01/99 (0)
- Re: Thanks for the feedback... - Jay 13:24:58 05/27/99 (0)
- Re: Thanks for the feedback... - Jay 11:20:12 05/26/99 (1)
- Sometimes ya gotta bite the bullet... - Markw 12:58:05 05/26/99 (0)