Sangean ANT-100 External Antenna

My old Radio Shack weather radio finally went on the blink. so I got a Sangean CL-100, which gets the job done. However my reception indoors on weather was a bit staticky and could even fade in and out. Setting this antenna in the window did the trick, and also helped FM reception. The built-in antenna was in the way anyhow, and I got to put that away. I put together a magnetic base for the ANT-100 out of a small steel box, which I filled with nails for weight. The antenna is light and probably easy to break if it's in an unprotected spot, but it just sits in the window out of the way. Notice that a lot of weather radios sold today lack the SAME weather alert capability. Sure, you can listen to the weather station on them, but will they sound an alarm when there's a watch or warning for your county? Here in tornado alley, that's important.

I liked the short time it took to receive my order. I am using it for the weather here in Louisiana. When I got my Radio in the paperwork was a form to buy a External Antenna which I did. That was on 2-20-2025. Have not received as of today 3-19-25. Call California on 3-7-25 an was told they had received my check a would put it at the front of the line. Have not seen or heard nothing. SCAMED.

I live 50 miles from downtown Houston, less than 10 from Livingston, 25 from Huntsville, and 20 from Cleveland. I purchased three different Sangean radios as well as this Sangean antenna just to see if I can get even a couple radio stations clearly and I cannot. I get better reception from my 1996 Sony boombox and my terrible Walmart plug-in radios. Of course I can return all of this Sangean junk, which is all well and fine; other than the fact that I have wasted a week and a half or two weeks placing orders and paying for these things, opening them up, setting them up, and then having to pack it back up, drive back to a store to return them, and then hope that Amazon gets it right and credits back my card.It’s just ridiculous that it’s 2024 and we cannot get radio stations. We can broadcast live video and audio footage from the moon to Houston, but I can’t get a single radio station just 50 miles away, 50 years later, outside the fourth largest city in America? Must have lost that technology too, huh?

I live on the west side of Norman Oklahoma and should have great weather radio reception. I use a Midland WR400 weather radio. However the NOAA people have been adjusting transmitters and my signal dropped off greatly. This is the second Sangean ANT-100 I've owned. As long as it holds together, it is a great antenna and nearly doubled my received signal strength. However, as I said, this is the second of these antennas that I've owned. The first lasted only a couple of months and came apart. The wire connections and couplings should be treated as FRAGILE … just be careful where you place this. ALSO, the advertising is sketchy or deceptive. The cable length is NOT 12 ft as some of the reference material on the shopping page suggests. It is really closer to 5 or 6 feet. This is a magnetic antenna that works best with a metal ground plane. I used a steel gun lock box that is beside my bed and works perfectly as a solution.

I bought this primarily for a Midland weather radio with a collapsable built-in antenna. Our local weather station antenna is down for an extended time so having to reach out some. The radios antenna just barely works, this antenna brought the station in to a listening level, partly because I have flexibility in placing it. I can even put it outside thru a nearby window.The biggest improvement so far has been FM. My weather radio can also play AM/FM and decided to experiment with a public radio station about 40 miles away I like as it plays jazz. However, most often it does not come in well on any radio I have. I tried the FM on the weather radio and doing the search function it went right on by using the built in antenna. I plugged this antenna in and tried the search and the station was found and came in clearly! I then switched to the weather radios antenna and got only static. In this FM test I placed the antenna right beside the radio, not outside the window. So for FM at least it is a vast improvement over the built in collapsable antenna.

I've been a ham radio op for over 20 years, so I take my radio seriously. We live in a ravine in rural Western New England, and have always had trouble picking up NOAA weather radio. After dealing with the March 8, 2011 hyper-rain event in which we almost lost our house to a brook flooding event, I picked up the Sangean CL-100 radio with NOAA SAME. The CL-100 has great sensitivity and pulled in the signal, but it was full of band noise. So I ordered the matching ANT-100 external antenna, hooked it up, and it was a home run.Update, May 18, 2012:The antenna has been in use since last year - merely sitting on the cabinet next to the CL-100 radio, inside of the house. I picked it up to dust yesterday and the co-ax cable fell out of the base! No way to fix it as the base is sealed. I'm past my Amazon return period, and cannot find a contact at Sangean, yet, to get a warranty replacement on it. Very disappointing, as the radio requires a RCA connector for the antenna. I guess I'll have to make a simple long wire antenna to replace it.