Mighty Favog Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Hey ya'll !! After I divorced my wife and moved, I left the antennas and amps for the TV and tuner that worked wonderfully. Now, in the new house, things are arranged differently. There's now a 50' run from the same model antenna in the attic to the tuner in the basement after one 2-way splitter. Now, the signal strength on the Mac tuner is always up to a "9" but stereo reception comes and goes and is getting annoying. It's always done it, I'm just now got enough hutzba to fix it. The tuner itself is fine, even had it realigned about 5-years ago. Tomorrow, I driving up to Parts-Express (about 28-miles away) to get an FM amp to install in the attic hoping to find one over 20db increase. Lowe's and Home Depot only had ones with 10db increases and that's geared for UHF/VHF/FM. After looking the specs for those, they cut the strength of FM reception from the mid to upper band (88MHz to 108Mhz) by up to 6db. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) Using an old Archer 25 db for ota. No channel when unplugged. Good shopping! Edited February 3, 2021 by billybob It has fm trap switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 If the other line not being used, get a barrel and remove the 2 way splitter for added gain in db. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 2 hours ago, billybob said: Using an old Archer 25 db for ota. No channel when unplugged. Good shopping! I think I was using the same one. Had it for a thousand years and never let me down. Too bad I left it with my ex-wife when she wanted the system in the bedroom. Told her I would cobble together something else for her that wasn't so extravagant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 11 minutes ago, billybob said: If the other line not being used, get a barrel and remove the 2 way splitter for added gain in db. Yea, the other line is being used by a receiver in the 1st floor family room. If anything the amp-to-be should help both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 36DB FM Signal Booster https://www.ebay.com/itm/36-DB-Cable-Antenna-Color-TV-Booster-Signal-Amplifier-VHF-UHF-FM-HDTV/153291414003?epid=13030519420&hash=item23b0e159f3:g:FWIAAOSw8VtcCpVI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted February 3, 2021 Author Share Posted February 3, 2021 15 minutes ago, RandyH000 said: 36DB FM Signal Booster https://www.ebay.com/itm/36-DB-Cable-Antenna-Color-TV-Booster-Signal-Amplifier-VHF-UHF-FM-HDTV/153291414003?epid=13030519420&hash=item23b0e159f3:g:FWIAAOSw8VtcCpVI I was looking at one of those, but I guess I need to know if it covers all of the FM band and not only up to 90MHz or so. I'll need it all the way up to 108MHz. More research I do.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 10 minutes ago, Mighty Favog said: I was looking at one of those, but I guess I need to know if it covers all of the FM band and not only up to 90MHz or so. I'll need it all the way up to 108MHz. More research I do.... this unit covers from 90MHZ all the way up to 108MHZ , I would buy 2 of these , 1 per receiver - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 What's FM? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted February 3, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jeff Matthews said: What's FM? Terrestrial radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigStewMan Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 14 minutes ago, Jeff Matthews said: What's FM? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Travis In Austin Posted February 3, 2021 Moderators Share Posted February 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, BigStewMan said: Great, great movie. No static at all . . . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 12 hours ago, Mighty Favog said: Yea, the other line is being used by a receiver in the 1st floor family room. If anything the amp-to-be should help both. Yes mine is still kicking. It is likely still available. Only thing is it has no variable gain control VGC but, not needed in my case. Will look at Randy's link after I get a large cup of Joe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubo Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Do the signal amplifiers add noise or distortion ? There are simple solutions for boosting the level of FM signals, such as the aerial amplifier. This amplifier has negligible noise at 1.6 dB and a gain of 22 dB. Since the gain is more than three times higher than the noise level, the amplifier is able to keep the degradation of the signal to noise ratio at minimum proportions. https://makingcircuits.com/blog/fm-signal-booster-circuit/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Yes, the one Randy posted should work. Anything else just let know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 Thanks!! I ordered two of them, one for the FM and another for TV since the current amp is 25db covering 4 TV's. If it's too strong for the TV's, I can always back it off. About 3-miles away is the tower for 700 WLW AM radio. Talk about a blow-torch of a transmitter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLW 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 I just started restoring a Fisher 101R. Needs abit more cleaning. I also need a good antenae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OO1 Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, seti said: I just started restoring a Fisher 101R. Needs abit more cleaning. I also need a good antenae. amazing tuner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 5 minutes ago, RandyH000 said: amazing tuner Thanks.. Any rec for an antenae? I have an 80R as well as a weird early integrated mono that uses el37... crazy thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 17 minutes ago, Mighty Favog said: Thanks!! I ordered two of them, one for the FM and another for TV since the current amp is 25db covering 4 TV's. If it's too strong for the TV's, I can always back it off. About 3-miles away is the tower for 700 WLW AM radio. Talk about a blow-torch of a transmitter. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLW Guessing all is cool now with all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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