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Best antenna option for apartment DXing?

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jlt_03

I'm trying to get some information as to what my best option would be for getting a good antenna set up inside an apartment for dxing. Right now I use amplified rabbit ears, which have proven okay (pulled in HD reception from 250 miles)....but I want something a little better.

The best option I have come across seems to be the Magnum Dynalab ST-2 FM antenna ( http://www.magnumdynalab.com/fmantenna-st2.htm ) . Does anyone know about this antenna...or have any suggestions as to what other options may exist?
 
I just hung a yagi from the ceiling in an unused room. Or the living room when I lived in a smaller place. Ugly as heck but very effective for pulling in 250 mile plus stuff dependably.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
I just hung a yagi from the ceiling in an unused room. Or the living room when I lived in a smaller place. Ugly as heck but very effective for pulling in 250 mile plus stuff dependably.
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I considered this but can't think of a good way to suspend it from the ceiling in a manner which will allow me to rotate it and control the direction it is pointed.
 
Nick said:
How are you able to pull in TV 250 miles away? Is there tropo or is it normal?
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It's HD radio that i'm referring to. However, it is during tropo and I have received HDTV from San Antonio (approx 200 miles) during past tropo periods.
 
Nick said:
How are you able to pull in TV 250 miles away? Is there tropo or is it normal?
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That was FM - it was normal. I was in South Austin in an apartment on one of those hills, and had dependable Dallas reception 24/7 with a six element Radio Shack yagi. Turn it - I could get Houston like locals, and Beaumont was at the limit of reception.
 
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