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Best Vertically polarized FM Antenna ??
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:12:46 -0700, James wrote
(in article ): I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Thanks !! James What's wrong with using the same antenna you use for TV? |
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I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea
level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Thanks !! James |
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Best Vertically polarized FM Antenna ??
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:02:39 -0700, Sonnova
wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:12:46 -0700, James wrote (in article ): I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Thanks !! James What's wrong with using the same antenna you use for TV? Seconded Mountains usually have valleys that are in the path of the signal. Valleys/Nearby peaks (without transmitters) = potential Multipath Fringe VHF (Hi Front to back gain), Yagis are the solution. Amplified antennas amplify the multipath just as much as the signal. Start with gobs of signal, little multipath |
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because it is a yagi, which I said I didn't want
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Look for Magnum Dynalab, Canadian mfr. of FM tuners and a vertical FM
antenna |
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"James" wrote: I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Thanks !! James That would just be a whip antenna. Nothing fancy. A web search turns up several that are probably overpriced. They're also used for RVs cabins. Directional tuning is what makes an antenna good. The sharper the focus, the less background noise there is covering the signal. There are only 100 FM channels so picking up "literally hundreds of fm stations" at once is going to be a serious problem with an omnidirectional antenna. -- I will not see your reply if you use Google. |
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Sonnova wrote: On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:12:46 -0700, James wrote (in article ): I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Thanks !! James What's wrong with using the same antenna you use for TV? There's a sort of "third harmonic" relationship between the low-VHF channels (2-6) and the high VHF channels (7-13). dipole-type antennas (most "all-band" TV antennas) work well enough at three times the frequency they're tuned for, so they do the entire VHF band pretty well. The FM band is above VHF channel 6. It is *not* included in the three-to-one relationship I mentioned above. Unless a TV antenna specifically is designed to work for FM (most are not, and those that are are more expensive), it will in fact work very poorly for it. And BTW, many FM transmitting antennas are circularly polarized (works better for multipath). Either a vertical or a horizontally polarized antenna will perform about 3dB worse than a circularly-polarized one. This may be important for weak signals. Isaac |
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Best Vertically polarized FM Antenna ??
On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:21:31 -0700, James wrote
(in article ): because it is a yagi, which I said I didn't want ------------------------------------------------------------ What's wrong with using the same antenna you use for TV? Well, yes, but you haven't explained WHY you don't want a yagi. After all, it will ONLY give you the best signal. Vertical polarized antennas, while they might be omnidirectional, also have no gain and if you buy an amplified one, you will amplify any noise, distortion and multipath effects (on analog signals) as well. If you are sufficiently deep enough in a fringe area to require a yagi for TV reception, shouldn't that say something to you about FM as well? And digital radio, like digital TV, doesn't have better coverage than analog, it has worse coverage. |
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Best Vertically polarized FM Antenna ??
Ο "James" έγραψε στο μήνυμα net... I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Thanks !! I got a vertically polarized antenna for 15 euros, and I feed it directly to the VHF input of the mast aplifier, the UHF input being used for a Yagi (PAL TV, no digital yet in Iraklion). The coaxial goes directly to a common Radio/TV receptacle, and each is fed accordingly. You need a capacitor to block DV supply for the mast amp. Mast amp costs 22 euros here. I live in a big city. My radio is a sony boombox with tuner and coax input. I live in Iraklion, most radio and TV transmitters being 20 kms to the west. -- Tzortzakakis Dimitrios major in electrical engineering mechanized infantry reservist hordad AT otenet DOT gr |
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Best Vertically polarized FM Antenna ??
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:08:58 -0500, "James" wrote:
Sonnova, you make good points about the yagi, and I must now consider that route again. My thinking is that I would like to scan the band, and see what HD stations I can pick up. I suppose I could just do that in 4 major directions, and keep lists. A couple of points (not compass points): 1) Does you HD tuner allow "Add" type scanning (not replace the previous scans found stations)? 2) The scan need to be done at Compass points a)no further apart that the beam width of the main lobe of the Yagi. b)Known station compass bearings. www.fmfool.com might help with choosing them. I am fully aware of the ARRL handbook, and I agree with its validity and value. But for this purpose, I am an "end" user, and I want to buy, not build, a good fm antenna. If I do buya yagi, I would hope to get something a bit more robust and quality than Radio Shack, Winegard, and Channel Master. It is either Overpriced/Hyped or it is cheap junk. All the reflector elements have fallen off my neighbors VHF/UHF fringe antenna, while my 20+ year old Channel Master has only had the plastic latch on the connection box fail (No snow area).. Fixed that wit a black Zip Tie after replacing the matching transformer. Thanks again to all. james |
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Sonnova, you make good points about the yagi, and I must now consider that
route again. My thinking is that I would like to scan the band, and see what HD stations I can pick up. I suppose I could just do that in 4 major directions, and keep lists. I am fully aware of the ARRL handbook, and I agree with its validity and value. But for this purpose, I am an "end" user, and I want to buy, not build, a good fm antenna. If I do buya yagi, I would hope to get something a bit more robust and quality than Radio Shack, Winegard, and Channel Master. Thanks again to all. james |
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A couple of points (not compass points):
1) Does you HD tuner allow "Add" type scanning (not replace the previous scans found stations)? 2) The scan need to be done at Compass points a)no further apart that the beam width of the main lobe of the Yagi. b)Known station compass bearings. www.fmfool.com might help with choosing them. ------------------------------ Just getting the tuner ordered (the new Sony tuner), so not sure about that feature of Add scanning. But, I doubt it. I can see where this would be a great feature.... James |
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Best Vertically polarized FM Antenna ??
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:26:18 -0500, "James" wrote:
A couple of points (not compass points): 1) Does you HD tuner allow "Add" type scanning (not replace the previous scans found stations)? 2) The scan need to be done at Compass points a)no further apart that the beam width of the main lobe of the Yagi. b)Known station compass bearings. www.fmfool.com might help with choosing them. ------------------------------ Just getting the tuner ordered (the new Sony tuner), so not sure about that feature of Add scanning. But, I doubt it. I can see where this would be a great feature.... James It (add) "disappeared" from HDTV sets I bought (then current model). It worked well on a co-workers set. Scan (initial) Rotate/switch antennas Add Scan (pick up more channels) Rotate Add Scan.. Conspiracy theory :^) believers might have it as a plot: 1) Sell "$mart antennas" (only works with a single set per antenna). 2) Cable /Satellite companies *convinced* them it was a un-needed option. 3) Most set owners are too stupid to figure how/why to use it. 4) All of the above. |
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Best Vertically polarized FM Antenna ??
In article , "James" wrote:
I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. The best is obviously an amplified stick. Arrange it vertically. The only problem is its wideband, and make sure it does not have an FM trap. greg |
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"James" wrote in message
net I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Get an amateur radio whip antenna that is at least four and a half feet long. This would proably be an antenna for the ham's 6 meter band. Trim it until it is exactly 4.5 feet long and remove any loading coils, etc that may have been attached to it. Connect the coax center conductor to the base of the insulated whip, and the coax shielding to some nearby piece of metal. Ideally the metal would be horizontal, surround the insulated base of the whip and extend out at least 6 feet. Add a good well-grounded coax lightning arrestor and run the coax to your FM radio. |
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In article , "Arny Krueger" wrote:
"James" wrote in message lnet I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Get an amateur radio whip antenna that is at least four and a half feet long. This would proably be an antenna for the ham's 6 meter band. Trim it until it is exactly 4.5 feet long and remove any loading coils, etc that may have been attached to it. Connect the coax center conductor to the base of the insulated whip, and the coax shielding to some nearby piece of metal. Ideally the metal would be horizontal, surround the insulated base of the whip and extend out at least 6 feet. Add a good well-grounded coax lightning arrestor and run the coax to your FM radio. Thats not going to work well. Thats a 1/2 wave whip and would need some kind of matching device. 30 inches is about right for a 1/4 wave vertical. Thats about the ideal length for an auto fm whip. You could also assemble, but the poster does not want to assemble, an FM folded dipole vertically polarized. By using a standard dipole coax could remain at 50 ohms. greg |
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In article , (GregS) wrote:
In article , (GregS) wrote: In article , "Arny Krueger" wrote: "James" wrote in message calnet I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Get an amateur radio whip antenna that is at least four and a half feet long. This would proably be an antenna for the ham's 6 meter band. Trim it until it is exactly 4.5 feet long and remove any loading coils, etc that may have been attached to it. Connect the coax center conductor to the base of the insulated whip, and the coax shielding to some nearby piece of metal. Ideally the metal would be horizontal, surround the insulated base of the whip and extend out at least 6 feet. Add a good well-grounded coax lightning arrestor and run the coax to your FM radio. Thats not going to work well. Thats a 1/2 wave whip and would need some kind of matching device. 30 inches is about right for a 1/4 wave vertical. Thats about the ideal length for an auto fm whip. You could also assemble, but the poster does not want to assemble, an FM folded dipole vertically polarized. By using a standard dipole coax could remain at 50 ohms. greg I was just thinking a long 5/8 wave whip would be good, but having a swinging element in the wind would not. 2 half waves with stiff aluminum conduit would be ideal. 3 dB or 6 dBi. gain. The Magnum is actuaklly a half wave vertical is the length Arny described but does need matching, and does not need a ground plane. These 1/2 wave devices are ideal with fiberglass boats. I was just thinking, that Magnum Dynalab looks mysteriously simalar to the Metz marine antenna !! http://www.metzcommunication.com/manta6.htm http://www.psaudio.com/ps/news/magnu...a-that-is-sota greg |
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In article , (GregS) wrote:
In article , (GregS) wrote: In article , (GregS) wrote: In article , "Arny Krueger" wrote: "James" wrote in message ocalnet I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Get an amateur radio whip antenna that is at least four and a half feet long. This would proably be an antenna for the ham's 6 meter band. Trim it until it is exactly 4.5 feet long and remove any loading coils, etc that may have been attached to it. Connect the coax center conductor to the base of the insulated whip, and the coax shielding to some nearby piece of metal. Ideally the metal would be horizontal, surround the insulated base of the whip and extend out at least 6 feet. Add a good well-grounded coax lightning arrestor and run the coax to your FM radio. Thats not going to work well. Thats a 1/2 wave whip and would need some kind of matching device. 30 inches is about right for a 1/4 wave vertical. Thats about the ideal length for an auto fm whip. You could also assemble, but the poster does not want to assemble, an FM folded dipole vertically polarized. By using a standard dipole coax could remain at 50 ohms. greg I was just thinking a long 5/8 wave whip would be good, but having a swinging element in the wind would not. 2 half waves with stiff aluminum conduit would be ideal. 3 dB or 6 dBi. gain. The Magnum is actuaklly a half wave vertical is the length Arny described but does need matching, and does not need a ground plane. These 1/2 wave devices are ideal with fiberglass boats. I was just thinking, that Magnum Dynalab looks mysteriously simalar to the Metz marine antenna !! http://www.metzcommunication.com/manta6.htm http://www.psaudio.com/ps/news/magnu...tenna-that-is- sota So they charge 3 times the price. !!! |
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In article , (GregS) wrote:
In article , (GregS) wrote: In article , (GregS) wrote: In article , (GregS) wrote: In article , "Arny Krueger" wrote: "James" wrote in message news:ldydnX62y7NiIVPUnZ2dnUVZ_gGdnZ2d@posted. localnet I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I was just thinking, that Magnum Dynalab looks mysteriously simalar to the Metz marine antenna !! http://www.metzcommunication.com/manta6.htm http://www.psaudio.com/ps/news/magnu...ntenna-that-is - sota So they charge 3 times the price. !!! The magnum is furnished with a 75 ohm connector. It does not have to be matched perfectly, allthough impedance varies with verticals. The nice thing about these, they are DC ground. Attach to a pole, attached to the ground, and you have some lightning protection. greg |
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"James" wrote in message net... because it is a yagi, which I said I didn't want ------------------------------------------------------------ What's wrong with using the same antenna you use for TV? I got to the party late, so i don't know if you're still following this. I was in the same situation as you, and although I built my antenna, you could just as easily pay someone to do it for you. I built a "j-pole" for 98 Mhz, out of copper tubing. It *does* have gain, and is omni-directional. It works like a big dog, and gets signal strengths slightly below my monstroid TV yagi. Shouldn't be hard to find a ham that will build you one for cost of materials and bragging rights. |
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My experience with HD Radio is that it is only good for strong local
stations. I've tried it and it wouldn't work while with the same antenna I would get a good reception with a good FM tuner. Paul "James" wrote in message net... I have a vacation cabin located in the mountains, at 4200 feet above sea level. We get good tv, with a directional antenna, from stations up to 150 miles away. We are within "tuning" distance of literally hundreds of fm radio stations, from all directions. I have just purchased the new Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner, and I want to experiment with listening to HD FM radio stations available in my area. I do NOT want a directional antenna. I know that a simple cross-polarized fm antenna would be a pretty decent antenna at this height, but I would like something different, and it seems that I have seen or heard of a fairly new vertical fm antenna. I am also not sure if it is an amplified antenna or not. Although I don't rule out an amplified antenna, I don't think that I need one. Does anyone here have a recommendation for a very good, high quality, vertically polarized fm antenna ? I would prefer comments from people who have actually used them, or at least has a friend that has the product recommended. Thanks !! James |
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