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Fight The Power (Of Nearby Cochannel and Adjacent FM Signals)

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Arthur Mometer
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Fight The Power (Of Nearby Cochannel and Adjacent FM Signals)

Post by Arthur Mometer » Sun Nov 25, 2018 3:42 pm

Here's some plans to improve the performance of the FM-6 Antennacraft Archer FM Antenna. Now where to find the FM-6 now, don't know what to tell you. If you are good with tools and have the time, you could build some of the antennas described on this site also.

http://www.ham-radio.com/k6sti/fm6.htm


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Arthur Mometer
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Re: Fight The Power (Of Nearby Cochannel and Adjacent FM Signals)

Post by Arthur Mometer » Sun Nov 25, 2018 5:15 pm

A BIG improvement is the front to side lobe ratio, which is very important for rejecting cochannel and adjacent channel and IBOC interference.


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