I agree. One thing, though, is that most TV antennas are designed to
be directional. You point them toward the city where all the
broadcasts come from. If your FM stations are scattered around then
performance will vary depending on how the antenna is aimed. But it
will still probably work better than what you have now, so it is
definitely worth a try!
-Steve Trovato
strovato@optonline.net
At 12:35 PM 9/22/2008, Trevor Boicey wrote:
>David Hillman wrote:
> > I have an FM radio in my garage, with a simple wire
> antenna. I used to
> > get fine reception, until I insulated the ceiling with those
> > styrofoam-like boards with one side of metallic film. Since I put those
> > up, I can barely get one station.
> >
> > I do have an old TV antenna on the roof, however, that I never use (
> > satellite ) and never plan to use again. Can I use this to improve my FM
> > reception? Is it as easy as extending the current wire antenna up to the
> > roof antenna?
>
> Most likely, yes. Certainly worth a try.
>
> VHF television stations 2-6 are beneath the FM band slightly, and
>7-13 are quite a bit above the FM band.
>
> Most simple antenna designs use a single section tuned from 2-13,
>with a UHF option.
>
> Some larger antenna designs use separate sections for 2-6 and 7-13.
>
> Whatever you have, it probably picks up FM well enough to get a
>signal, and with the way FM is modulated, once you get an acceptable
>signal the audio quality approaches maximum fairly quickly.
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