Radio Road Which tuner to get and getting the most from it. Thank God, for the radio!

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Heya, Timbo!

Posted by subcoolman on January 14, 2007 at 13:14:21

In Reply to: There were a few Discman - Radios around, maaaate!? posted by Timbo in Oz on January 14, 2007 at 13:01:14:

G'day!

My new office is located on "high ground" here in town, so high in fact that the main antennas for the major TV stations and several large radio stations have their broadcast antennas set-up and located not more than a mile or so from where I plant my butt everyday. In fact, I think the "antenna farm" may be even closer than that...

(I never thought of this before. Could I be "too close"?)

And never fear about that small, local Jazz station I emailed you about roughly a month ago. From the roof of our single-story building I can almost see downtown Minneapolis, and the reception inside the building with Gayle's little boom-box is pretty damn good.

What's the building's construction? I believe the walls are pre-cast concrete, with a corrugated metal/asphalt built-up roof. Since I no longer use it here at home I'm thinking of taking my Fanfare FM-2G to work and mounting it on a homebrew stand of some sort up and sticking it up in the false ceiling. Or, with my Boss' approval, natch, I'll be able to mount the antenna to the side of one of the HVAC units on the roof, and I'll simply drop a co-ax line down to my tuner.

Sound reasonable?

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