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[QUOTE=&quot;EscapeVelocity, post: 21275, member: 3771&quot;]Yeah, a lot of the antennas are just 0db gain.&nbsp; The only difference among the turnstyle dipoles is price and quality of build.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although, I wonder how the folded dipoles are vs the Winegard 6010?Rabbit Ears, FM Tack Up Dipole, APS Attic Intenna, all about 0db gain.&nbsp; The Whips are also 0db gain (without amplifiers).&nbsp; How about the loops?&nbsp; The yagis are where the real gains and directivity start to be made. In regards to the amplifiers, it seems to me that they are less desireable for analog FM, than digital FM (HD Radio), because of their adding their own noises to the signal down the transmission line.&nbsp; However with digital, you have the cliff effect and 0s and 1s BER type deal where you get good clean audio or you dont.What say you?Dont know about the pyramids from Terk and Parsec, but Im not overly enthusiastic about them. I have a BIC Beambox FM10, and the 2 Radio Shacks listed in the Discontinued antenna section, plus Rabbit Ears and FM Dipole. The Antennacraft FM6 and FMSS are pretty common as they were sold under the Archer and Radio Shack brand names in RS for decades.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="EscapeVelocity, post: 21275, member: 3771"]Yeah, a lot of the antennas are just 0db gain. The only difference among the turnstyle dipoles is price and quality of build. Although, I wonder how the folded dipoles are vs the Winegard 6010? Rabbit Ears, FM Tack Up Dipole, APS Attic Intenna, all about 0db gain. The Whips are also 0db gain (without amplifiers). How about the loops? The yagis are where the real gains and directivity start to be made. In regards to the amplifiers, it seems to me that they are less desireable for analog FM, than digital FM (HD Radio), because of their adding their own noises to the signal down the transmission line. However with digital, you have the cliff effect and 0s and 1s BER type deal where you get good clean audio or you dont. What say you? Dont know about the pyramids from Terk and Parsec, but Im not overly enthusiastic about them. I have a BIC Beambox FM10, and the 2 Radio Shacks listed in the Discontinued antenna section, plus Rabbit Ears and FM Dipole. The Antennacraft FM6 and FMSS are pretty common as they were sold under the Archer and Radio Shack brand names in RS for decades.[/QUOTE]

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