Re: Outside antenna for HD radio?

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Too funny!  What a great web site - like a stroll through the past. I
love the liquid cooled tubes!


> http://hawkins.pair.com/wlw.shtml
>
> Don Wiss <donwiss@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 07 May 2006 15:41:11 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Don Wiss wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was looking at the Boston Acoustics HD radio. For an antenna it
>>>> comes with a 7-foot dipole.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.bostonacoustics.com/home_product.aspx?product_id=325
>>>>
>>>> Now I thought FM used a 5-foot dipole. And what if I don't want a
>>>> wire on my wall, and I'd rather have something on the roof? What
>>>> outside antennas are there for HD radio? What sort of wire to
>>>> bring the signal inside?
>>
>>> According to the documentation, the supplied antenna is for AM not
>>> FM. FM uses about a 3-foot folded dipole. FM antennas, either
>>> turnstile (omnidirectional) or Yagi (unidirectional) are fairly
>>> easy to find. The unit has a 75-ohm F-connector.
>>>
>>>     http://www.starkelectronic.com/fm.htm
>>
>> Okay. Then I'll ask are there any outside AM antennas, so I don't
>> have to have a wire on my wall.
>>
>> Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).