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- Jan 1, 1970
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Long-winded post ahead:
The company I work for recently moved into one of those big office
park complexes in an area filled with commerce, but far from the
center of town (Atlanta, GA). Reception for my desk radio was already
spotty some 10 miles further in at our last location, and much more so
out in the new place. The only stations I listen to are the local
college radios and the NPR affiliate, none of which have the
broadcasting power of the McStations that blanket the rest of the
dial.
I took this as my cue to buy what I always wanted, a Tivoli Kloss
radio. Beautiful sound, but still not getting my stations of choice.
So I bought one of those amplified booster antennas (the radio has a
coaxial-style external antenna jack), now reception for 2 of the 3
stations I like comes in tenuously, and sometimes not at all.
So is there another alternative to the antenna unit I bought at the
electronics megastore? I think there's something to the structure of
the building (sprawling one-story brick-faced, steel-stud interior
walls) that impedes reception. I'm uninformed enough to try snaking a
wire onto the acoustical ceiling grid or the metal framing above,
unless someone here can give me some real advice.
A coworker can't get proper reception on his satellite radio, either.
VMacek
The company I work for recently moved into one of those big office
park complexes in an area filled with commerce, but far from the
center of town (Atlanta, GA). Reception for my desk radio was already
spotty some 10 miles further in at our last location, and much more so
out in the new place. The only stations I listen to are the local
college radios and the NPR affiliate, none of which have the
broadcasting power of the McStations that blanket the rest of the
dial.
I took this as my cue to buy what I always wanted, a Tivoli Kloss
radio. Beautiful sound, but still not getting my stations of choice.
So I bought one of those amplified booster antennas (the radio has a
coaxial-style external antenna jack), now reception for 2 of the 3
stations I like comes in tenuously, and sometimes not at all.
So is there another alternative to the antenna unit I bought at the
electronics megastore? I think there's something to the structure of
the building (sprawling one-story brick-faced, steel-stud interior
walls) that impedes reception. I'm uninformed enough to try snaking a
wire onto the acoustical ceiling grid or the metal framing above,
unless someone here can give me some real advice.
A coworker can't get proper reception on his satellite radio, either.
VMacek
