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Old 11-Jan-2012, 3:12 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by sc2dave View Post
so a 5 foot antenna? How much better will reception get?
With a well tuned, custom built collinear, you would be doing quite well if you achieved 6 dB gain compared to the stock antenna. That would theoretically let you receive the same signal strength at double the distance.

I sincerely wish I could share over four decades of learning and real world experience in just a few posts. I'm simply not that effective a writer.

Take a look at this source of information: http://www.radio-electronics.com/inf...nnas/index.php

and

http://www.dxzone.com/tag-fm-antennas/ Not all of it is FM broadcast band related but look for 'home-brew' and 'matching'.
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