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Additional Antenna Options
Ifyoulivemorethan20milesfromanFMtransmitterof
interestandyouliveinawoodframebuilding,consider
placingormountinganFMantennainthetopofthebuild-
ing(atticorcrawlspace).Runadditionalcoaxlead-inwire
totheradio.“RabbitEars”couldbeusedforthispurpose.
ItisalsopossibletouseanFMantennadesignedfor
outdooruseinanatticorcrawlspace.Theperformance
willnotbeasgoodasoutdoormountingbutitwillstillbe
muchbetterthanlowerdownintheresidence.
Thebestoverallradioreceptioncanbeobtainedfroman
FMantennadesignedforoutdoorusemountedonaroof-
top.Someexamplesfollow:
WinegardPR-6000(length33”,width65”),
andirectionalantenna,goodifallstationsarein
roughlythesamedirection.
AntennacraftFMSS(maxwidth54”),
anomnidirectionalantenna,betterifthestationsof
interestarelocatedinwidelydifferentdirections.
Am Antenna Options
TheWireLoopAMantennaincludedwiththeSoundWorks
Radio820HDisaprecisematchfortheAMtuner.Theonly
reliablewaytoboostAMsignalstrengthistoplaceatunable,
sympatheticboosterantennanexttotheWireLoopAM
antenna.Thistypeofboosterantennaispassive.Nowire
connectionisneeded.Thedialontheboosterantennashould
beadjustedforpeaksignalstrengthaftertuninginanAM
station.
Twomodelsofthiskindofantennaare:
TerkAMAdvantage
C.CraneSelect-A-TennaRegularModel