Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hound.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!hound!rfg From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: FM tuner query Message-ID: <1000@hound.UUCP> Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 18:49:39 EST Article-I.D.: hound.1000 Posted: Sun Mar 17 18:49:39 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 18-Mar-85 08:08:32 EST References: <326@boulder.UUCP>, <331@boulder.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 35 [] Give not up hope just yet. For one thing, you have an exaggerated idea of Carver prices, brought on, no doubt, by some well meaning but greedy local emporiium. The TX-11 list price was $599 in the Audio Annual Directory and price increases in this depressed industry have been kind of scarce lately. The whole Carver receiver lists for only $750 and the first place I called (that carried them) wanted only $695. In addition I believe there are some other tuners that are good at handling multipath, but their names escape me -perhaps someone else will come up with them or you could work your way thru reviews in Audio, Stereo Review and High Fidelity at the local library. Finally, about the antenna. Assuming you have ascertained that the rest of the building's people would also not be interested in improved reception via a better roof antenna, you could try some things in your own apartment. If you are on the side of the building facing the direction of the signals, good. If not,are you on the side away from the multipath slabs? If so,good. If not... fooey the thing to be is on the side away from the signal. Do you have a balcony? can you hang anything out a window? If the answer to either is yes, you can see that you could try your own outdoor antenna. If all else fails, you could try a beam antenna along a ceiling. It's going to be better than a dipole. Practically anything is going to be better than a dipole. See if your local Radio Shack will let you take home an FM antenna with bring back privileges. Good Luck! -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts!" Dick Grantges hound!rfg