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In Reply to: Best New/Used Antenna + Tuner setup for $200-$300? posted by ericduran@ou.edu on November 8, 2006 at 13:41:46:
I can't speak to best cheap tuner, but for an antenna, a vertical folded dipole is really hard to beat. It is simply the usual twin lead antenna often supplied with new tuners, mounted vertically instead of the usual horizontal orientation. I've tested a number of configurations, and the vertical folded dipole outperforms horizontally mounted dipoles and folded dipoles, even a 6 element FM yagi antenna. It is omni-directional, has same gain as a standard dipole, and in my tests, brought in clearly stations which were garbled or noisy with the other antennas. Vertical orientation has the advantage that multipath distortion is greatly reduced vs. the usual horizontal orientation. It is probably equal in performance to the highly touted half wave whip antennas costing around $90. I have one mounted in the attic, it actually outperforms a FM-6 (the Radio Shack FM small yagi) on a rotator. Give it a try, the price is right - if you don't want to make one, you can buy one for a few dollars.
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- Re: Best New/Used Antenna + Tuner setup for $200-$300? - DAMeyn 16:05:48 11/08/06 (2)
- Re: Your Audioasylum post re: folded dipole antenna - Ned 06:55:14 11/14/06 (0)
- Can you clarify this a bit? - Ned 12:41:38 11/10/06 (0)
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