[BC] HD Receiver flaws

[Glen Kippel]

It's been awhile since I have seen a clock radio, or any cheap radio, 
with any kind of antenna terminals.  Even my DVD setup has a piece of 
wire dangling out of the back, and the thing overloads when I have 
more than a foot or two of wire extended -- I have to keep the rest 
coiled up, or there are spurs all over the "dial."  Really cheap electronics!

On 2/19/07, <mailto:WFIFeng at aol.com>WFIFeng at aol.com 
<<mailto:WFIFeng at aol.com>WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
In a message dated 02/19/2007 08:23:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
<mailto:cadkins at voicecorps.org>cadkins at voicecorps.org writes:

 > Wait a minute, please explain something to me someone. I have never looked
 >  at an HD radio. Do you need an external antena to use one?

Unless you're getting *very* strong signals from stations within unobstructed
line-of-sight, only a few miles (at most) away, you are going to need some
kind of enhanced antenna. By enhanced, I mean more than a dangle-wire or simple
dipole thumbtacked to the wall.