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I have a battery of assorted amplified antennas and none of them did diddly. The Terk FM-50 was the next best alternative to a roof mounted TV antenna with a rotor. My new house is in a terrible reception area. Am very happy with this product.
When I first plugged it in I had nothing better then what the dipole was picking up, then I started moving it around to different locations and finally found a spot the reception is tolerable, actually the best spot was right in the middle of the floor in my office standing vertical, go figure. Well I was hoping for the best when I ordered this antenna, I have been fighting with reception for some time now using a dipole antenna and finally broke down and bought this one from Terk, it was only one station that is about 25 air miles away, but my favorite to listen to. Anyway, I do still have a bit of static and have to run the FM receiver in Mono mode and the location of the antenna is not in the spot I wanted to put it which was isolated from view.
After a year of OK performance, I tried just that and had improved recpetion with more stations. I mounted this antenna high in my homes catherdral ceiling and I tired several horizontal angles with poor results. Before you buy an antenna like this try splitting your VHF antenna signal and running that to the receiver. I was not happy.
Always getting up & trying to adjust the antenna was a pain. Now I just turn on the receiver & listen to my music. And what a great price & great seller too. I live in an area that doesn't get very good reception. I have gone through many different antenna's. Glad I bought it.
Wonderful results.no more hiss and fading, just a solid strong signal. (I have to admit I was reluctant to buy, because I thought it was a expensive amplified dipole antenna). It's worth the price and I can only think the people that have had bad reviews we're doing something wrong or we're simple in a bad reception area. I live 65miles from the nearest Public Radio station in Jacksonville, FL. Reception was always terrible until I installed the FM-50 on the outside of my garage. I was doubtful but, now I'm a believer.
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