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From: seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: FM tuner query
Message-ID: <654@mako.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 10:28:16 EST
Article-I.D.: mako.654
Posted: Wed Mar 20 10:28:16 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 23-Mar-85 00:30:42 EST
References: <326@boulder.UUCP> <1127@opus.UUCP>
Reply-To: seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy)
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Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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Keywords: mountains  tip-toes  FM
Summary: 

In article <1127@opus.UUCP> rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) writes:

>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.

NO NO NO! Those big rocks aren't a problem, they're a solution!!!
Do as our friend Phil does, use one of those mountains as a giant
tip-toe! You get not only a nice stable base for your turntable and
speakers, you get a nice vantage point for your antenna.

(one of these days I'm going to find time to write up a review of
Phil's system.)

A cheap experiment you can try is building a rombic(sp?) antenna.
There was a good article in Audio magazine about three years ago
on how to build one. All you need is some twin-lead and a few
resistors.


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