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Poor FM Reception

( am not too far away from FM stations but reception is poor. Two tuners with FET front end, it is not the tuner. I think house covered with solar panels blocks the signal. A Terk AF-1 amplified is very poor antenna. Radio Shack tunable antenna coming soon to test. Also ordered the 300 ohm twin lead 6 foot antenna and an amplifier to try. May be forced to install outdoor antenna.

jimbennet
akg_ca
2,479 posts
 

Your last sentence points to the required fix, The improvement is not subtle.

jimbennet OP
199 posts
 

Radio Shack amp did not work.

tablejockey
4,403 posts
 

An inexpensive dipole will probably perform better than any of those amplified units.

Amazon.com: Bingfu FM Dipole Antenna 300 Ohm with 2 Pin Bare Wire Twin Lead for Indoor Digital HD Radio Table Top FM Radio AV Audio Video Home Theater Stereo Receiver HDTV TV Tuner : Electronics

The roof antennae is proper way to get ultimate reception.

jimbennet OP
199 posts
 

As I stated I ordered a twin lead 6 foot antenna. I also ordered a FM specific 88 to 108mHz 15db amplifier for the twin lead antenna, Receive in a week.

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danmar123
629 posts
 

I use this with great success, indoors;

https://www.magnumdynalab.com/st-2-omnidirectional-fm-antenna/

You can thank me later. laugh

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