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Recently purchased a bose. need a antenna for better pick up. i live in a rural area also in a nursing home. does bose have a antenna for there radio's .
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The problem could be with the antenna you got versus the location you live. Indoor antennas are very range limited. Non-amplified models range about 25 miles, while amplified models make about 50-60 miles. Also, you must consider where you live. If you live in an area of heavy building concentration, signal may be limited. Home construction matters as well. Frame houses pass signal better than brick or concrete block homes. Upstairs locations fare far better than basement family rooms.
static can be from signal interference ( environment--better antenna)
from electrical intereference ( a radio suppressor or capacitor at the power point--- see jaycar electronics)
from radio operation problems ( have the radio check professionally for board integrity)
A rural area is an open swath of land that has few homes or other buildings, and not very many people.
A rural areas population density is very low.
Many people live in a city, or urban area. Their homes and businesses are located very close to one another.
A set of digital rabbit ears or small digital antenna will pull local digital stations out of the air waves for free. If you live in a rural area you will need one of the better digital antennas and not the portable ones.
Your ONLY solution is an external antenna. The best scanner is only as good as the antenna that feeds it. A discone would be the best, but a less-costly vertical would probably do a good job for you. The least costly, and least effective solution would be an indoor antenna - the ones enclosed in PVC pipe do a fair job. If you can't mount the antenna on your roof, a balcony or an attic will usually work fine. As a last resort, you can always set up a vertical inside a closet. eBay is a good source for scanner antennas, and you might also try www.ScannerMaster.com.
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That is a common problem. I have had that issue myself. Motorola's pull a better signal in a rural area than LG. I would see if you can do a return exchange for another like phone that is a Motorola. It's the way the phones are made that makes the signal strength different.
I live in Vail Az about 110-120 miles from Phoenix Az I can pick up 60% of the stations decent. The power cord acts as a fm antenna. Plus this Bose Wave CD/MP3/FM
I don't know in what area you live & therefore how strong your reception area will be, but as a general rule an indoor antenna is never the best type of aerial to have to receive digital signals, you will always find that you pick up some good strong channels but more often the rest of the channels will be poor or non-existant & will constantly break-up/freeze etc. The best advice would be to try & fit an outdoor antenna if possible.
You'll need a better antenna to solve your problem. With the new digital broadcasting, signal strength is everything. With analog, a weak signal would give you a watchable but fuzzy picture. A weak signal with digital gives you nothing, or possibly a picture that freezes up or breaks into blocks (pixellation). The only cure is a better antenna, either an amplified indoor antenna or something outside.
Sad to say, there's no guarantee that will work. If you live too far from the station, or have hills, buildings or other obstructions that block the signal, you just may not be able to pick up some channels. In some areas people have found they get no reception at all.
At www.antennaweb.org there's a tool that will tell you what stations are around your area and how far. It's designed to help you figure out what kind of antenna you might need.
I have the same problem. Contacted 3rd party tech, take sharp pick or equal and there is supposedly a button in the very center of the antenna port of the phone. gently push the pick in the center of the jack and it will trip the switch. I tried it on my second damaged phone and it worked, so far.
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