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i was real happy with the results and bought another 1. I was amazed to get these results. This is the same as HD radio with only a 1 time cost.the antenna.I followed the instructions and best reception for me was floor mount, with 1 exception that should be added to the instructions; keep the supplied power wire seperate from the am/fm wires.
After fiddling with the antenna for a few hours, I decided to cannibalize another FM antenna wire (the cheap ones that come with a receiver), joining them together to make the one I'm using twice as long. No static, no problems. Well, this isn't even worth the plastic it's made of.
Result. Why buy this worthless thing. Perfect.
I bought this antenna today, because I was trying to improve the FM reception for certain of my favorite stations, without resorting to listening to them online, or spending lots of money getting HD radio. $0.10 if I'm being generous. This antenna is going back to the store.
I've never written a review on Amazon, but I don't want anyone to waste their money buying this. Cost.
Whatever, this gadget didn't work for me. So my radio worked better with NO antenna than with the Terk Tower.I can only imagine that my issues are multi-path type problems and not signal strength. And it had that green light too. I had this thing connected to my radio for quite a while, then one day my reception improved noticeably. I looked behind and the terk tower cable had fallen loose from the radio.
Mine is several years old, so I don't know if they've changed that part of the design. Signal strength was REDUCED by turning the gain knob "up." A very confusing, silly design. This powered antenna picked up less than half the stations my unpowered wire dipole picked up. I was able to confirm this as my Sangean HD radio has a signal strength meter on the FM and HD signals. It's better than nothing, but a properly mounted wire dipole is way better and way cheaper. It's ok if you don't want to tack a dipole to your wall. The tricky part is that you have to turn it counter-clockwise to increase gain.
It had NEGATIVE worth in that it made my reception worse. Calling this thing worthless is too generous. I replaced the "piece of wire" antenna that came with my radio with this thing. The terk was WORSE, no matter how I aimed it or turned it.
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