FF-SS Anyone Know How Good This Works?

[eyg2181]

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[rbrucecarter5]

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Everything depends on your reception scenario. If you are within 30 miles of FM stations all coming from different directions, it might be a good solution. Much more than that, and it won't help a lot. Especially if you are after HD reception.

 

[eyg2181]

if it helps im in levittown pa, and the main point is to pull in some of the Jersey Shore stations a little better than i do now. and if im lucky, some NYC and allentown stations.

also, i would set it up on the poll abouty 20-25 feet up in the air.

 

[vibe]

FWIW I have an old Bose Wave which gets a ton of stations in stereo here in central MA. But in FLA unless the station is real strong, it will not lock in stereo. (i do get a lot of stations with it).
I tried hooking up a strong amplified TV antenna to the radio and couldn't get any more gain than with the line cord antenna.
There is a topic on the Massachusetts section of the board about the 94.9 translator. Some guy can get a weak ranslator with a Yagi on his roof from 60 mi;
I'd be skepical of a 2 element job for under $20. After all you don't send a boy to do a man's work!

 

[kenglish]

Anything is better than nothing. I've used the Winegard version at times. Also have the 4-element Winegard yagi.

When I was in the Navy, back in Southern Maryland, in the days before the current proliferation of stations (we're talkin' 1976-77), I had a ten element FM yagi and a rotor on a fifteen foot mast (all were Radio Shack in-stock/in-store back then). Got over one hundred FM stations, depending on whether I aimed at DC, the Eastern Shore, Norfolk, or west. Probably would get 500 stations now days.