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Furthest reception from your tuner and how?

I am moving to a remote location - about 4 hours from San Francisco and 6 hours from Portland. There is some radio, but... I'm curious. A few questions for you tuner guru guys:

What equipment do you use?
Modded or stock?
How many filter and gangs, antennas, sleuths, etc.?
What's the most remote signal you have been able to pull?
How has it sounded?
Any thoughts on things you would try if given the opportunity?
biomimetic
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kennyt
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Stream internet radio, high quality, and the diversity is endless..... Yes, it won't have the analog sound of a really good tuner and a station that is still analog (are their any??) but the convienence factor and diversity is amazing! I was playing with a Slim Devices squeezebox the other day and listening to Techno from Amsterdam, Berlin and London, not to mention Jaff from Paris, blues from St Louis..... The world is open game via the net..
biomimetic OP
252 posts
 
I know, I know... the internet would work, but... I guess I should have said that I am interested in a high quality analog tuner, but I'm *not* looking for which tuner is "best". I already have a couple in mind.

I know there are several people in the tuner sections that have been able to get a couple of hundred miles of coverage. But:

1. Where are you located?
2. What's been your maximum distance in FM?

I'm wondering what strategies for this are best? Other than obvious things like a signal sleuth, and a directional antenna.
herman
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If by 4-6 hours you mean 200-300 miles then it will be impossible to pick up FM stations from that distance. FM is basically line of sight and at 200 miles you are well beyond the horizon.
biomimetic OP
252 posts
 
Hmmm... sounds like maybe people were pushing the truth a bit when they were saying they were in Eugene and picking up Portland and Seattle stations?
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