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Old 25-Sep-2013, 9:54 PM   #4
GroundUrMast
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While signal strength is important, the signal quality is even more so. Given that you already own the HDHR, use it to measure and maximize your signal quality.

The goal of any FM trap is to keep FM signal(s) from entering active components such as preamplifiers and tuners. No tuner or amplifier is perfect, they will mix and distort signals to some degree. The problem is worse when signals are strong. By keeping the FM signal from getting to the amplifier, you prevent the FM signal from being mixed with other signals and/or being distorted, both of which would produce interfering signals that would cause the tuner difficulty.
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