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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2009 23:57:05 GMT
As something I have never needed before. In this age of compact marvels, is there a design that actually works? i.e. better than the old T-lead.
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Post by PinkFloyd on May 14, 2009 11:02:06 GMT
As something I have never needed before. In this age of compact marvels, is there a design that actually works? i.e. better than the old T-lead. I used to have a dedicated FM aerial in the attics and it picked everything up VERY well...... the T-Lead is a piece of shit, get yourself a proper FM aerial and either mount it on the roof or in the attic. Mike. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2009 12:05:53 GMT
As something I have never needed before. In this age of compact marvels, is there a design that actually works? i.e. better than the old T-lead. I used to have a dedicated FM aerial in the attics and it picked everything up VERY well...... the T-Lead is a piece of shit, get yourself a proper FM aerial and either mount it on the roof or in the attic. Mike. I hear you! That is exactly what I have at home, BUT, I need one for the new restaurant, which is in a block with no communal FM aeriel and we cannot mount any external antennae and have no loft or suitable hidden space. Hence the original question. A strong signal is more important than SQ in this case. |
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Post by matt7941 on May 14, 2009 15:42:26 GMT
Have you tried speaker wire, it's not as daft as it sounds? I have used a one metre or so run of QED micro speaker wire to great effect. It has, obviously, two conductors and seems to work really well. Attach both to the centre pin of the FM coax plug and that's all there is to it. The copper is very pure and recieves a very good signal. The bonus is it's relatively thin, flat and is a creamy white colour so is quite discreet (, I suppose it could be painted if necessary). There is no teflon or other such material used in it's jacket so doesn't seem to interfere with the signal. I presume most any budget speaker wire could be used so long as it doesn't contain teflon or similar in it's jacket. This is only, of course, a twist on the single wire aerial that seems to come as standard now with tuners or AV receivers but it does seem to be somewhat better from my own experience.
My brother is currently using this and he has it tucked inbetween the carpet and skirting board completely out of view and yet it still receives a fantastic signal. It's only cheap and might be worth a shot.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, Matt.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2009 12:44:42 GMT
Matt, thanks for the tip. I raided my box of crud last night, and brought various types with me today. First I tried (brand forgotton) was a fine cable, left as both cores joined had no joy, split T-lead style worked the same as a T-lead, unsurprisingly. Finally settled on some old Cable Talk flat seperated 6 core (spacer between 2 sets of 3), pulls in plenty of strong stations.
ta mooch, chris
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