bill114
Active Member
I figured I'd put a shout out to find a tuner that would suit my situation. I live about 3 miles from the Gulf of Mexico on a ridge that's about 50 ft above sea level. The transmitters of the two FM stations I listen to
(88.5 and 89.7) are around 40 miles away to the east. I used to have an outdoor antenna but the frequent violent summer storms we get plus hurricane season makes an outdoor antenna impractical for me now
(plus the fact that when I had a new A/C system installed a while back, the numbnuts installers cut the rf cable I took great pains to run in my crawl space to the antenna (about 40 ft.).
So, I need to find a tuner that is good at DXing with an indoor antenna. I currently have a Marantz 115B that works ok on closer stations but with only 3 gangs, can't cut the distant listening. The Marantz possibly needs an alignment but there isn't anyone I know of around here that won't charge me three times what the tuner is worth for an alignment. I have a Godar FM 1A antenna but get just as good signal with an old Radio shack rabbit ears.
I need to keep the cost around $100
(88.5 and 89.7) are around 40 miles away to the east. I used to have an outdoor antenna but the frequent violent summer storms we get plus hurricane season makes an outdoor antenna impractical for me now
(plus the fact that when I had a new A/C system installed a while back, the numbnuts installers cut the rf cable I took great pains to run in my crawl space to the antenna (about 40 ft.).
So, I need to find a tuner that is good at DXing with an indoor antenna. I currently have a Marantz 115B that works ok on closer stations but with only 3 gangs, can't cut the distant listening. The Marantz possibly needs an alignment but there isn't anyone I know of around here that won't charge me three times what the tuner is worth for an alignment. I have a Godar FM 1A antenna but get just as good signal with an old Radio shack rabbit ears.
I need to keep the cost around $100
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