VHF FM Antenna Booster Circuit


Posted on Feb 6, 2014

Together with a good directional antenna this high performance two-stage antenna amplifier for the VHF FM broadcast band will enable you to capture far removed (DX) stations. Alternatively, it will drastically improve reception of FM signals you`ve come to accept as marginal and noisy in your area. Together with a good directional antenna this hig


VHF FM Antenna Booster Circuit
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h performance two-stage antenna amplifier for the VHF FM broadcast band will enable you to capture far removed (DX) stations. Alternatively, it will drastically improve reception of FM signals you`ve come to accept as marginal and noisy in your area. For various reasons, an increasing number of people are not satisfied with the quality of radio signals that can be received via cable systems. Unfortunately, cross-modulation, and other nasty effects created in the head end station are in stark contrast with the superb quality of high-end FM tuners that can be bought commercially. Not surprisingly, owners of such tuners will often prefer to have their own antenna on the roof. Add to that a high-performance FM antena booster like the one described here and you can start DXing as well as enjoying high-quality stereo reception. The author employs the present amplifier in combination with a Sangean ATS-803 World band receiver, a Philips RR-571 tuner and a single-element cubical quad directional antenna at a height of just 15 feet. Using this setup he is able to receive FM stations as far off as 500 km. In the design we`re about to describe you`ll find the following important parameters coupled: low noise figure (approx. 1 dB); high gain (up to 40 dB) and low susceptibility to intermodulation products. Yet the amplifier is inexpensive and easy to build. The circuit diagram in Figure 1 reveals the secret: dual-gate MOSFETs in...




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