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KA-7550 antenna hookup...

bolly

bolly

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While I'm in the progress of repairing my new to me Sansui AU-D11, I happen to be enjoying my old stereo. A KA-9150, Large Advent's, and Pioneer HPM-100's setup. Only when FM reception is better than 4 1/4 can I crank her to -30 on the old dB scale(Volume knob). I have an indoor dipole antenna oriented for best reception, connected to the 75 ohm, and about 150 feet of 14 AWG strung outside over my roof, connected to the 300 ohm. Seems to work best for me. How can I make it better?
 
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Originally posted by bolly
While I'm in the progress of repairing my new to me Sansui AU-D11, I happen to be enjoying my old stereo. A KA-9150, Large Advent's, and Pioneer HPM-100's setup. Only when FM reception is better than 4 1/4 can I crank her to -30 on the old dB scale(Volume knob). I have an indoor dipole antenna oriented for best reception, connected to the 75 ohm, and about 150 feet of 14 AWG strung outside over my roof, connected to the 300 ohm. Seems to work best for me. How can I make it better?
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Do you have cable television? Does your Cable Television provider re-broadcast FM radio over the coax line?

Shockingly enough, where I live they have been doing this for years, since the 1980's... Both Viacom / TCI who merged and became AT&T and Comcast. It was a very nice feature before most people had the ability to recieve stereo television... and this was the only way many people could listen to "MTV in Stereo". Even more shocking, they are still doing it... atleast in my region.

I was using at the time Sherwood that's currently burried under stuff so I can't get the model number... but the signal strength read max for every station. Quality was damn good with no static to speak of what so ever.

The problem is... no one knows about it anymore.... so there is no longer a documented flyer that says what frequency respective stations are broadcast on.
 
I use both an antenna (2 actually) and my COGECO Cable for FM. It's pretty good but a wee bit over driven. The FM station guide is available (of course, for COGECO only) on their web site.

If your provider has a site, check it out.

Paul
 
Hey, bolly, so far I've been impressed with the KT-7500, using a 'stock' T-dipole antenna down on the lower level in the family room (walk-out basement to the back).
Its' partner, the KA-9100 through the L100 FrankenCentury's is just so much fun-- such a reminder of some really fun daze long ago.
I will need to bring the KR-7500 up here, or put it with the Denon POA-2200/Luxman C-383/HPM-900's in the family room, to get a true sense of what it can do. But with the smaller system, it does sound very good, indeed.
Darn, since I have two Onkyo T-9's in 'reference' systems here, I think I will put it with the Denon rig. Then I have three systems with exceptional tuners, and only need to find a place for the Yamaha T-80.
 
I still need to get off my lazy tookus now I actually have something resembling a reciever to see if my local cable company provides FM over Coax. It's a newer system then Viacom/TCI/AT&T/Comcast/former monopoly... as in fiber backbone with converters to traditional radio signals as no bugger has fiber-ready TVs yet.

I already tested my former line, and they do indeed still re-broadcast FM, but as I don't actually pay for either of the two feeds, I wouldn't risk being charged with cable piracy
 
Yes, it is just about 'pegged out' on more than a few stations.
I'm here in Lincoln, pretty flat, and stations fairly close (omaha is 45 miles, but mostly I listen to local stations).
I think that is '6'.
 
Better luck then what i'm having..

Looks like the new cable co in my region doesn't do what the old one did in re-broadcasting the local stations... with the exception of a local TV station, two stations of squat, and some digital squaking signal. Dispite the fact that I proposed jacking into the cable connection, it don't work with my new cable provider.
 
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