Thread: The Hidden FM Radio Inside Your Pocket, And Why You Can't Use It
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Old 04-21-2015, 10:59 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by harriska2 View Post
A little off topic but you can buy an $80 10 foot home antenna and get free over the air TV in digital (most places) if you are within 60 or so miles from repeaters. Saves us money and we can record using a wintv adapter with eyetv software for mac.
In the US
The main HD channels are in the UHF band
FM is in the middle (between ch6 and 7) of the old VHF TV band

Getting the Signal from outside a structure is best

The upper antenna (Arial to you folk across the pond) is a UHF HD (8-bay, directional)
The lower is a FM 'turnstile' omnidirectional
A clear 'line-o-sight' path to the transmission is preferred for UHF signals.
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