Dish as AM/FM Antenna

[Endorphin]

Has anyone tried using their Dish as an AM/FM antenna (as in hooking one of the coax connections from the Dish directly into a coax antenna connection on an AV receiver)???

Any success?

 

[bbtkd]

Has anyone tried using their Dish as an AM/FM antenna (as in hooking one of the coax connections from the Dish directly into a coax antenna connection on an AV receiver)???

Any success?

I suspect that you would get about nothing - other than what might leak into the cable. The feed is for GHz frequencies and is focused into space, while you want a KHz to MHz range antenna aimed more towards the horizon.

 

[Derwin0]

strap one of the terk's on there and it might work, just have to diplex the signal out.

 

[rcbridge]

It won't work, wrong type of antenna and LNB would not be active, wrong frequency, no power to it etc. You could try a seperate antenna and diplex it!!

 

[MikeD-C05]

I use a terk clip on to my dish for my hd locals and I also use the diplexor to run to my auido receiver for my fm radio and it works fine for me.

 

[Stargazer]

Yep, its the wrong frequency. You have to find antennas made specifically for that type of frequency for the best results.