reubensm, among the vintage analog tuners, which are the best performers like the NAD 402 or 412? Thanks.NAD works best with NAD, the 402 and 412 are good tuners, no remote though
Good tuners are tough to find. You could try the vintage ones with manual or digital tuners. Or with a bit or diy, you could deploy a car hear unit which would come with tuner, volume control, remote, cd player, etc. All you need is an AC to DC converter, available on Amazon or build one.Need suggestions for a good FM tuner. Will be connecting to NAD C388. There is some mention of Norge in this forum but haven't found any other information/reviews.
A Quad...Tuners need good FM reception and it is possible to make one by ourselves. The given list of items is needed for the antenna.
Please go through the below article to make one. It is proven to work well and pull the channels with good strength irrespective of the brand of FM tuner.
- 3/8 inch aluminum tube (10mm)
- M3 bolt, nut and washers (stainless steel)
https://www.hamradio.in/projects/fm-antenna
Regards,
Sriram
did it a few years back. Now I think AIR phased out many SW stations. Not the same will for SW and FM. Dimensions differ but principle is same. What we usually get in portable radios is a sort of ground plane antenna I think. Some radio specialist here in HVF could chip in.Very surprising to hear sir.
BTW, SW is still available? Can I reuse the same FM antenna for SW as well?
This looks interesting. I used 6 mm copper tubing (used by AC/refrigerator technicians) to make a folded dipole antenna with a balun / matching transformer. It easily pulled stations which are 250+ KMs away with a Tecsun Radio.Tuners need good FM reception and it is possible to make one by ourselves. The given list of items is needed for the antenna.
Please go through the below article to make one. It is proven to work well and pull the channels with good strength irrespective of the brand of FM tuner.
- 3/8 inch aluminum tube (10mm)
- M3 bolt, nut and washers (stainless steel)
https://www.hamradio.in/projects/fm-antenna
Regards,
Sriram
This looks interesting. I used 6 mm copper tubing (used by AC/refrigerator technicians) to make a folded dipole antenna with a balun / matching transformer. It easily pulled stations which are 250+ KMs away with a Tecsun Radio.
Copper tube can be easily bent with hand but not as rigid as aluminum. I would recommend bending the tubes than cutting and joining at 4 corners with fasteners.
Whatever tuner you have, without a good antenna it's not worth investing on a tuner.
I used the following site. It has calculator for all types of antennae.This site would help to calculate the dipole antenna length by the radio frequency.
https://www.everythingrf.com/rf-calculators/dipole-antenna-length-calculator