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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: FM tuner query
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 05:13:19 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 14 05:13:19 1985
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> 	After a few years of trying to cope with Colorado front range radio
> reception (or the lack thereof), I have finally decided that I need to do
> something about it.  Does anybody out there know what sort of improvement I
> could expect from a good FM tuner?...

I have to agree with Jon's assessment of our situation here--with those
monstrous slabs of rock just at the edge of town.  Basically we've got
several hunks of fairly flat rock about 1000' hi by a few hundred feet wide,
at a 40 degree angle or so, less than a mile west of town.  The town itself
is a little hilly but the main problem (I'm fairly sure) is the multipath
off those stupid (but beautiful) rocks and their supporting infrastructure.

From time to time, people have had pretty nice things to say about the
Carver tuner--the TX-11 or some such.  I think I remember a posting about
it not too long back.  Is it all it's supposed to be?  Are there any other
candidates?  I would be happy to get decent FM MX performance here.  I
would be elated to know of a tuner that doesn't turn into a white-noise
generator at the slightest atmospheric disturbance between my home and the
transmitter (< 10 miles away).

I'd like to be able to pick up a decent signal from the local stations as
well as from Denver (roughly 35 miles away) with one fixed antenna.  That
means that I could point the antenna in the general Denver direction to give
it preference (because of the distance) if I don't need a super-directional
antenna, and I could still get the local stations somewhat off-axis.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind.