Anntenna Question


Hi,

I recently had electricians put a Radio Shack FM antenna on my roof. It's wired with RG-6U cable through a couple of patch panels down to where my receiver is located. Probably about 100' of wire in all.

It doesn't help reception -- in fact, I've gone back to the little wire dipole anenna that comes with the receiver because it sounds better. I put a little Radio Schack antenna amplifier in the mix about 10' from the antenna, and that doesn't help either.

The problem is that I don't know of any way to check whether there's actually a signal on this wire! I have access to bench-quality DVM, but that's about it. Would I require an oscilliscope to check?

I'm also not sure this is the right type of wire, or that I'm hooking it to the receiver correctly.

Any advice appreciated. Thank you!

- Eric
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Showing 1 response by sean

Something is VERY wrong with your installation. Either the antenna is not oriented in the right direction, the cable was not properly connected somewhere, etc...

The cable that you are using is fine and should pose no problems whatsoever. Out of curiosity, what type of connection are you using to connect the cable to the receiver ? Sean
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