Stellar Labs,Outdoor FM Antenna OMNIDIRECTIONAL

This antenna works great. These days there is a lack of effort by manufacturers of audio equipment to build good quality FM receivers because everyone streams music or mp3's but a few of us still like listening to the good old radio. This antenna makes the lackluster receivers (and transmitters too) perform like things did in the old days. I have this mounted about 20 feet above the ground and feeding a Sony receiver amplifier and it lets me hear the stations I like. Do not forget to add some lighting protecting to this if you are putting it up above a structure! It's cheap and easy and prevents you from getting things inside your house that you want kept outside your house!!! Just search for an F-type lightening arrestor here on Amazon and make sure it has a good ground connection and that's all you need.

Just get this antenna as high over your house as you reasonably can, then use the best coax you can "reasonably" afford (solid copper center is best) and you will be very, very happy with your reception. I actually have two of these antennas co-phased just about ten feet above my roof. One is a quarter wavelength below the first (@100.1 MHZ) on a pole with "matched" jumpers into a combiner using Belden solid copper center conductor coax, down through a ground block @ ground level(featuring three ground rods driven into a triangle and welded together) straight into an old antenna/distribution preamp that I used 35 years ago, this signal then eventually goes into my old NAD tuner. It's a hard setup to beat and performs well even without the preamp(I only have it in-line for DXing. With the Belden coax it's totally not needed) I enjoy excellent reception from these antennas as well as excellent audio performance when used with the NAD tuner! I could not ask for more! I do have this antenna source split into both of my tuners, my SONY receiver is handy with the presets but as far as seriously fine "off air" audio quality, that's the NAD hands down. Eventually I will get my tower and my old APS-13 YAGI up, rotor and then this antenna will only be my "local" "omni-directional set up" when the long range directional is not required. I will be using these two for a long, long time, maybe not actively as I will have my dx YAGI @72 feet, but I'm also not saying that these two antennas won't find their way to be sitting 5 feet above my directional antenna, waaaay up on top. They would do very well to be up there! I love these antennas! Great without even considering they cost near nothing! Bubble gum money. To Stellar Labs excellent product. To Amazon & "ADVENTURER'S BAG" 2 thumbs up!! Two day service into central Kentucky with no damage twice. Thank you very much. More to come.

How this was supposed to go together was pretty obvious but the elements required a bit of bending and test fitting and bending again before everything lined up right. I'd knock off just half a star for that if I could but... I built an H-frame base out of 2x4s and used a piece of plastic pipe as a mast. My roof trusses are on 24 inch centers so I made the legs of my base 28 inches long so they'd straddle a pair of trusses and put this setup up in the attic. I ran RG6 quad shield to a splitter in the attic and dropped a couple of coaxes down through the wall to feed jacks in two different rooms. This setup is working great. I'm pulling in stations 50 miles to the south and 100 miles to the north of me and everywhere in between. As soon as I tune away from one station I'm picking up another with near zero dead space between stations. I am in a major metropolitan area so there are many, many stations within this 150 mile stretch. The omnidirectional (more or less) pattern of this antenna is just the ticket for my situation. If you're in a similar situation, then I think this antenna should work well for you. If you're way out in the sticks, then a directional antenna with some gain might be a better choice. Even then though, this antenna might surprise you. Considering the very reasonable cost, this baby is probably worth a try in any case.

Nice antenna- Works well... but remember... where you place it and how far you are from the broadcast antenna towers has a lot to do with it's performance. Increased FM reception by 70-80% for me- I live about 60 (hilly) miles from the towers so, I am at the very edge of effectiveness- not because of it's ability, but because of radio wave physics. I have a lot of obstacles around us. It's a good quality, aluminum build with very little plastic. Looks good and will last. (I've owned a few antennas over the last 50 years)

I have to say, that maybe this works a little too well, because I am now not only able to receive many more, very clear stations, yet one station is even picking up two stereo quality signals at the same time. Which is rare, because the receiver (Yamaha RX-V467 in my case), is supposed to distinguish the two and drop the weaker signal. It actually is not able to do that because of the strength, and both come in very clearly as stereo. So far the furthest distance I have received in stereo, within the first hour of testing, is about 61 miles south. I do live in Florida, so there are no tall hills, and the unit is mounted about fifteen feet in the air on an old antenna pole connected to my house outside. I also live right on the coast. More testing is necessary for final conclusion, yet I found no issue with quality of the antenna, as long as you treat it as any antenna should be, and not put to much stress on the components. Use the attached cable lock to lock in the coax before you hook it up to the antenna, and give a nice loop so that the cable is straighter connecting in, and does not pull the connect too much in any one direction. This is common technical knowledge. I paired this with a coax cable from Mediabridge, which I also found on Amazon and that has proven to be a great purchase as well as it allows for very little interference, so that most all stations come in as stereo quality and not mono.

Una muy buena antena tiene muy buena recepción en las estaciones FM y HD dice que es omnidireccional pero se le saca mejor provecho armarla tipo S así tiene mejor recepción con un divisor conecte también la tv y se ven todos los canales TDT de mi ciudad cabe mencionar que es muy fácil armarla y si la armamos en tipo S también es fácil y así sacarle el mejor provecho en punto final es una buena antena

Even in a very low lying area, best FM antenna so far!

作りは価格相当です 組み立て方法の説明がないので、完成の絵をみて組み立てるしかないです 室内内でラジカセロットアンテナでは入らない局もちゃんと拾います(ちゃんとステレオで) 買って良かった商品です

I read the previous reviews about the installation, but did not fully understand until you see the product. When you receive it, the screws at the bottom should be installed prior to hooking up the top edge to the plastic hook. Otherwise you will have a hard time getting the screws to fit. You should also note that the antenna jack is a female F type screw in socket. For the installation location, the antenna is sensitive to multipath interference, so it is best to site it away from metallic structures and power lines, as these may add noise to the signal. The antenna is directional, so being able to turn it to your preferred station is a plus. I installed it on a pole then shifted it until the noise was reduced. As I mostly listen to classical which has quiet passages, low noise is important to me. Once setup ideally, the sound was fantastic, with a big soundstage and great dynamic contrast. If the fit were perfect, this would be a 5 star product.

I mounted it upstairs and got excellent signal reception.