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Small directional antenna out there?
- Thread starter jras20
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DXER1
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> Does anyone know if there is a small directional antenna at
> a decent price where I might could stick on the roof or
> something? I'd like to hook it up to my PC radiocard down
> at a fringy area.
> Thanks in advance.
>
I have not used this antenna but friends of mine have and liked the results, That antenna is the directional FM antenna. You could probably use that antennaproviding you have either lugs or a coax cable connection. For AM I am unsure of? Hope this is of help
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> a decent price where I might could stick on the roof or
> something? I'd like to hook it up to my PC radiocard down
> at a fringy area.
> Thanks in advance.
>
I have not used this antenna but friends of mine have and liked the results, That antenna is the directional FM antenna. You could probably use that antennaproviding you have either lugs or a coax cable connection. For AM I am unsure of? Hope this is of help
DXER1<P ID="signature">______________
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"yay boo, yay boo, it's lots of fun to do, if ya like it holler yay, and if ya don't ya holler boo!"
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rbrucecarter
Guest
> I have not used this antenna but friends of mine have and
> liked the results, That antenna is the directional FM
> antenna.
I recommend a Radio Shack Yagi - it has six elements and tons of gain. I have used it for 200 mile FM reception, it sounds like your situation is not nearly as demanding.
I am still in the process of testing it, but there is an antenna from Godar that is actually a log periodic in a flat plastic housing. It takes advantage of the fact that log periodic antennas roll off slowly in gain - and still seems to provide gain even though it is physically small.
> liked the results, That antenna is the directional FM
> antenna.
I recommend a Radio Shack Yagi - it has six elements and tons of gain. I have used it for 200 mile FM reception, it sounds like your situation is not nearly as demanding.
I am still in the process of testing it, but there is an antenna from Godar that is actually a log periodic in a flat plastic housing. It takes advantage of the fact that log periodic antennas roll off slowly in gain - and still seems to provide gain even though it is physically small.
> > I have not used this antenna but friends of mine have and
> > liked the results, That antenna is the directional FM
> > antenna.
>
> I recommend a Radio Shack Yagi - it has six elements and
> tons of gain. I have used it for 200 mile FM reception, it
> sounds like your situation is not nearly as demanding.
>
> I am still in the process of testing it, but there is an
> antenna from Godar that is actually a log periodic in a flat
> plastic housing. It takes advantage of the fact that log
> periodic antennas roll off slowly in gain - and still seems
> to provide gain even though it is physically small.
>
I got 2 of those radioshack Yagi's I have one here 25' and one there 20' up I just didnt want something to big for the inside, just a wire doesnt really cut it out there.
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> > liked the results, That antenna is the directional FM
> > antenna.
>
> I recommend a Radio Shack Yagi - it has six elements and
> tons of gain. I have used it for 200 mile FM reception, it
> sounds like your situation is not nearly as demanding.
>
> I am still in the process of testing it, but there is an
> antenna from Godar that is actually a log periodic in a flat
> plastic housing. It takes advantage of the fact that log
> periodic antennas roll off slowly in gain - and still seems
> to provide gain even though it is physically small.
>
I got 2 of those radioshack Yagi's I have one here 25' and one there 20' up I just didnt want something to big for the inside, just a wire doesnt really cut it out there.
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rbrucecarter
Guest
> I got 2 of those radioshack Yagi's I have one here 25' and
> one there 20' up I just didnt want something to big for the
> inside, just a wire doesnt really cut it out there.
Try the Godar FM-1A:
http://users.mcleodusa.net/m/mgodar/
Point the small end towards the station you want - even though that's where the connector is. Log Periodics feed from the small end.
> one there 20' up I just didnt want something to big for the
> inside, just a wire doesnt really cut it out there.
Try the Godar FM-1A:
http://users.mcleodusa.net/m/mgodar/
Point the small end towards the station you want - even though that's where the connector is. Log Periodics feed from the small end.
> > I got 2 of those radioshack Yagi's I have one here 25' and
>
> > one there 20' up I just didnt want something to big for
> the
> > inside, just a wire doesnt really cut it out there.
>
> Try the Godar FM-1A:
>
> http://users.mcleodusa.net/m/mgodar/
>
> Point the small end towards the station you want - even
> though that's where the connector is. Log Periodics feed
> from the small end.
>
Wonder how well their am antenna works at night?<P ID="signature">______________
jras20</P>
>
> > one there 20' up I just didnt want something to big for
> the
> > inside, just a wire doesnt really cut it out there.
>
> Try the Godar FM-1A:
>
> http://users.mcleodusa.net/m/mgodar/
>
> Point the small end towards the station you want - even
> though that's where the connector is. Log Periodics feed
> from the small end.
>
Wonder how well their am antenna works at night?<P ID="signature">______________
jras20</P>
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rbrucecarter
Guest
> Wonder how well their am antenna works at night?
Late evening and early mornings are best for FM DX as the atmosphere changes. Any antenna will do better at these time. Best I can estimate now is that the Godar has about 3 dB of gain. Not bad for its small package. I am going to do some controlled experiments soon.
Late evening and early mornings are best for FM DX as the atmosphere changes. Any antenna will do better at these time. Best I can estimate now is that the Godar has about 3 dB of gain. Not bad for its small package. I am going to do some controlled experiments soon.
> > Wonder how well their am antenna works at night?
>
> Late evening and early mornings are best for FM DX as the
> atmosphere changes. Any antenna will do better at these
> time. Best I can estimate now is that the Godar has about 3
> dB of gain. Not bad for its small package. I am going to do
> some controlled experiments soon.
>
I'm going to try something new this weekend, I dont know how well this will work, but its for FM, I'm going to hookup my little reciever to my tape player, I'm going to try this one antenna I have, I got a adapter for it, I think it might work ok, I'll half to see though.<P ID="signature">______________
jras20</P>
>
> Late evening and early mornings are best for FM DX as the
> atmosphere changes. Any antenna will do better at these
> time. Best I can estimate now is that the Godar has about 3
> dB of gain. Not bad for its small package. I am going to do
> some controlled experiments soon.
>
I'm going to try something new this weekend, I dont know how well this will work, but its for FM, I'm going to hookup my little reciever to my tape player, I'm going to try this one antenna I have, I got a adapter for it, I think it might work ok, I'll half to see though.<P ID="signature">______________
jras20</P>
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