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APS antennas out of business?

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Timbo in Oz

That appears to be the case.
https://www.fmtunerinfo.com/antennas.html
There's a post dated 2014.

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Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger

Edits: 01/09/20

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I have a roof mounted... - Barry 19:01:24 04/15/20 (0)
APS-9 with a Channel Master rotator, Ken Wetzel balun and heavy RG-11 cable.
Too bad APS went out of business years ago.

Edits: 04/15/20
RE: APS antennas out of business? - kingjim1954 16:27:08 01/16/20 (0)
Yo! Timbo! Still carrying the Torch. I was lucky to get my APS-13 before they went out and it still flies on my roof after perhaps 20 New England winters.
RE: APS antennas out of business? - HoosierAudio 20:09:48 01/09/20 (1)
Hi Tim,
Yes, APS has been gone for several years. Finding replacements has become almost impossible. DIY is almost the only way to get a hi-gain antennae these days.
Are you familiar with Brian Beezely's page. Some pretty good info there and if I remember correctly there are some mod instructions to improve existing/available antennaes. Here:

HA
- Brian Beezley (Open in New Window)
- Brian Beezely? Yes! - Timbo in Oz 20:31:59 01/09/20 (0)
  But I have a locally mfd one now.
  
  Plus a DTV antenna.
  
  Both antennas are aimed at Black Mountain Tower. Over a ridge just Nth of us and then another > 10 km
  
  I'm only interested in two FM stations, one of which has a repeater on a hill just to the left of the antenna array, and comes in quite strongly.
  
  We have three SS FM rcvrs through the house, and one valve front-end item, which used to be a simulcast rcvr it now does Stereo FM with a Welsh SS decoder, and has wide-band audio (13Khz) AM.
  
  Warmest
  
  Tim Bailey
  
  Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
I still have my antenna up - needed some patching however - jedrider 17:06:10 01/09/20 (8)
I'm waiting for someone to post a U-tube video on how to build one's own Yagi in case my fails catastrophicly.
- RE: I still have my antenna up - needed some patching however - Coner 13:07:13 01/14/20 (0)
  Maybe info on the ARRL site. Quite east to build, you can use
  PVC pipe as the boom, and brass or alum. TIG/brazing rod for
  the 1/4 wavelength elements. Length and spacing can be easily calculated
  to the bandwidth of the FM band. Normally 1/4 wavelength long.
  I have their antenna handbook, and it's 2" thick!.
  
  Edits: 01/14/20
- There's even a computerised design page for high-gain antennas - Timbo in Oz 17:33:38 01/09/20 (6)
  On line, that is.
  
  And there's quite a bit about building them.
  
  Warmest
  
  Tim Bailey
  
  Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
  - RE: There's even a computerised design page for high-gain antennas - SirPaulGerman 14:36:06 01/15/20 (5)
    What about using radio Ham antennas for Fm radio ?
    - RE: There's even a computerised design page for high-gain antennas - Coner 17:44:58 01/15/20 (0)
      No, much easier to find a TV antenna, plus the FM band is already
      in its bandwidth. Ham antenna's don't include the FM band.
    - Unless the antenna is cut for FM, it won't work very well. - Timbo in Oz 14:57:43 01/15/20 (3)
      It might work - acceptably - in a given context.
      
      Warmest
      
      Tim Bailey
      
      Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
      - RE: Unless the antenna is cut for FM, it won't work very well. - Coner 17:41:29 01/15/20 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Unless the antenna is cut for FM, it won't work very well. posted by Timbo in Oz on January 15, 2020 at 14:57:43
        
        You could take a regular TV yagi antenna and trim down the longer
        elements to match the lower end of FM band.
        
        But, the spacing will still - Timbo in Oz 03:00:58 01/22/20 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Unless the antenna is cut for FM, it won't work very well. posted by Coner on January 15, 2020 at 17:41:29
        
        be wrong.
        
        Warmest
        
        Tim Bailey
        
        Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
        
        RE: But, the spacing will still - Coner 16:50:15 01/23/20 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: But, the spacing will still posted by Timbo in Oz on January 22, 2020 at 03:00:58
        
        Close enough of you want an EASY cheap mod. Otherwise build a proper one.
        
        Edits: 01/23/20

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