Any Alternatives to the Magnum Dyna Slueth?

[Spaaaz]

Just put a antenna up in the attic and would like to get something to pull in a few of the weaker stations and was wondering if there are any antenna amps worth looking into beside the sleuth?

 

[Whitehall]

We had a long thread on a gallium arsenide FET pre-amp that you mount on your antenna:

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=54026&highlight=GaAs

$160 delivered and you can have it tuned to the portion of the band you specify. This thing is lower noise than the front end FET in your tuner.

 

[Hilltroll67]

Just put a antenna up in the attic and would like to get something to pull in a few of the weaker stations and was wondering if there are any antenna amps worth looking into beside the sleuth?

Antenna amps, by their very nature, amplify everything the antenna pulls in - the noise along with the signal. Will you settle for that?

Bob

 

[Whitehall]

The common ChannelMaster-type antenna amp adds noise. The GaAs amp is so low noise that the system noise level is reduced for low level RF signals.

Internal overload is a possiblity if your tuner's AGC is not up to the task and you have a strong local transmitter.