Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chuck Newsgroups: rec.audio.opinion Subject: Re: Internet router/TV is interfering with FM reception Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:29:33 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:29:33 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d030a6c3731d787de47f713549bce19c"; logging-data="2114211"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/d/uMO6v4zzDWYbn04jyzw0iB/eEKZzIY=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:VromyUxJUeokcK0OGYPv9EaIdLY= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.6/32.525 Bytes: 2182 On Tue, 9 Jul 2024 12:41:25 -0500, super70s wrote: >I have my stereo receiver (and several other components) in the same >entertainment center as my TV. The internet router is placed behind the >TV. The stereo receiver has a regular FM dipole antenna (300 ohm) >hooked up to it, actually I have it tacked to the back of the >entertainment center in its normal "T" shape. > >When I have my TV on, the FM reception is really lousy -- I can only >get one FM station which probably only a few miles away. When I turn >the TV off, I can get many FM stations from as far as 70 miles away. > >Is there anything I could do to get good FM reception with the TV on, >maybe hook some kind of filter between the antenna and the receiver? I >thought about a cheap FM signal booster but from what I've read I'd >probably just be boosting the noise along with the FM signal. > >Maybe some kind of outside antenna would solve the problem but that >isn't really practical for me. Also the router still might interfere >with its wiring when it comes near it. The TV is causing the interference. I'd run 75 ohm coax away from the TV and then hook up your antenna using a 300 ohm to 75 ohm transformer.