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

I live in a remote area where there's few stations and the only operate on 5,000W daytime and 500W at night. Those expensive Terk antenna's are no good but I found an amplified rabbit ear after trying 4 other antenna's for my vintage McIntosh MR-71 tuner that works great. Home Depot online. $18 free shipping. It is a NAXA

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PS - I am not an expert but I think it's the INVERTER in a solar power set up that causes the RFI, not the panels themselves. 

@erik_squires Thanks picking up my poor wording.  Appreciated.  A solar system generates RFI at the inverter, not the panel.   Instead of system I typed panels in error.  That’s why I stated to install the outdoor antenna as far away from the inverter as possible.  A solar system wiring carries current.  Any wire carrying current generates RF.   Installing ferrites on the wiring, which absorb high frequency radiation including RFI) and dissipates it as heat, is a simple way to reduce RF substantially.  Thanks again and apologies to all on my unclear wording.