Sometimes there's FM fadio running through cable TV lines. We used to have a reciever hooked up to the cable that way. Not sure if AT&T does it or not. Suppose you'd probably need a TV tuner card to do that(some come with radio programs).....maybe you have one.

Otherwise I recommend wallpapering your room with aluminum foil and placing your radio as close to the window as possible :-)

I've had no problem getting good FM reception from a weeny little plastic thing. (Of course, it's not all plastic, there's a conductor wrapped around it...)

It's just a coil of wire, really, with a bit coming off it to the back of my tuner. It works just great, so long as it's in a good location and oriented correctly. (Remember all those dumb hand-rules in physics and you're set, I guess. I can't actually remember which one applies here, because I hated physics and promptly forgot it... I just twiddle the arial until it works.)

Dipole antennas are usually the best thing to use short of a roof top antenna (and they usually work pretty well). Do you have the anteena spread out in a big "T" like it is supposed to be? If that doesn't work, your tuner probably sucks....

Get one of those things that makes B.B. King crash into your house. Then turn on the Britney Spears channel.

Usually you have to stand in weird, uncomfortable positions holding the wires in order for it to come in.

Excellent choice. And no line of sight issues for the FM signal.

lol, glad i dont' have any roomates :)

seems to keep up ok on my road runner line (2 meg/400k)

Who gives these people the right to use enough bandwidth to fill the Key Arena with warez pups!!!

They're owned by EMP (= Paul Allen now).
On the UW bandwidth, I think. It's gross, isn't it?

Yeah.. I figured that was the deal. Anyhow... I think it's great how they've kept the format the same w/ the studio/call letter changes. The UW really didn't have much input into the station in first place.

I'd like to see student-run radio station at the UW.

I would feel guilty for taking up such a substantial amount of bandwidth, and slowing down everyone on my block....

(See comment above.)

In the past I have used tightly wound copper wire as an FM antenna. Whatever you do, dont buy an expensive (more than $10) antenna, say from Radioshack, because they are mostly plastic. Also, never use any sort of signal booster. They usually just create noise or overshoot the desired frequency.

The comment about the wire in the "T" shape was pretty dead on.

Listening to radio in your room is sweet. I think this is on of my best investments ever:



Good quality piece of work. No alarm, no display, not even in 'stereo'. Its_just_a_radio, simple, serene, and that;s what I like about it.

J