Making a database from FM fool
Happy March!
I saw fmfool mentioned and went to their site
http://www.fmfool.com/. What is great about their site is that you write in your home address, zip code and antenna height and they generate a personalized list of stations covering the FM spectrum from 88-108 Mhz. The information is extensive including the relative signal strength, distance and direction of the station from your home. Their list is listed in order of signal strength from the strongest signal to the weakest.
I wanted to do a complete survey of all the FM stations that I could receive and wanted to make my list in order of frequency, so I could set some stations into memory and in frequency order. It was an afternoon's project and I transferred their listing into a database of my own. I used "Ability Office" for the project and used their information for each station, which was extensive plus three extra fields: Location, Type of broadcast (Rock, Classical, Talk, etc.) and quality of signal (Good, Fair, Poor and Dead).
Good=solid signal with no noise
Fair= signal with some fading or noise
Poor=Signal that was very weak with lots of noise
Dead=Unable to hear the station
The spreadsheet, three pages long, which was generated was the most informative batch of info I have ever seen, customized for my own location.
Thank you, fmfool.com! :thmbsp: