Outdoor FM Antenna OMNIDIRECTIONAL

WOW, Great reception. I live in the country up on a hill. I can get several more stations and all are crystal clear. Even the stations I was getting with a small wire antenna, now they come in in full stereo.

This antenna works better than any other I've tried in a problematic location (shielded by tall hill and 40 miles from broadcast antenna). Solidly built as sell.

This is a very good antenna-- but I almost sent it back!Why?It is advertised as "outdoor omnidirectional," but it is not truly omnidirectional, and-- get this-- it can be used successfully indoors! I found out the hard way-- after mounting it outdoors near the peak of a three-story house in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Some rotational adjustment of the antenna is necessary depending on the direction of the FM stations I like to listen to, especially distant, urban FM stations. I can't imagine getting up on a ladder to twist and turn it in the right direction if I want to fine tune the FM reception each time I change a station, can you?I took the antenna down, and I was about to pack it up for a return, when I said to myself, "Let me give it one final try-- installing it indoors, on the interior of my third-floor bedroom, mounting it on something that I can easily adjust." So, I put the antenna on an old 1-inch x 4-foot wooden pole-- a former curtain rod-- wedging the pole vertically in between the contours of a hot-water radiator that is in front of a window. I plugged the coaxial cable that I had attached to the antenna into to the back of my Bose Wave Radio, and "Voila!" FM stations that had been previously inaccessible began to come in loud and clear.This old, wood frame house has a clear view of the Eastern horizon, but the Kittatinny Ridge over in New Jersey prevents any signals reaching me from New York City, 68 miles away. However, if I twist the pole mount on its axis about 20 degrees to the south, I am able to get a clear signal from my favorite public radio station, WHYY-FM, Philadelphia, which has its transmitter located in Roxborough, 67.5 miles from my house. If I rotate it a few degrees more to the East, I get WPRB-FM, Princeton University, which is 56 miles away. These distances are all straight-line measurements. According to the map on the Radio Locator web site, I am OUTSIDE the fringe reception area for both of these stations, but thanks to this antenna, the signals come in clearly.One word of advice: The wide black plastic clip that joins the two pieces of the antenna together is a pretty good pointer. For Philadelphia stations to the South of here, I rotate the antenna until this plastic clip is roughly pointing in the direction of Philadelphia.None of this is in the directions, of course.I am now very happy with this antenna.

Almost fully assembled, I only had to add the aluminum elements. The fasteners are light-duty so I don’t know how long those will hold up outdoors but my install in in an attic so I’m not concerned.This “halo” antenna is a simple dipole wrapped in a circular form to reduce space and add some durability to the mount. Several have shown images of a more “S” pattern and I am sure that works fine but I decided that n following the design as a halo.I can confirm this a a bit directional. One reviewer suggested it was 4db stronger off the curved end with the plastic holder. I can confirm that a station that is noisy when that end it pointed away is quiet when pointed towards the station. So, it definitely has a front-to-back difference.For me, I will point that plastic end towards a cluster of FM Towers and be happy with whatever else it receives.

Used as a tv antenna. Great performance if transmitters are at different angles to location. Anywhere tv stations are all t this does a great job. Despite being marketed as FM only

So the other reviews pan this antenna for not being omnidirectional. That's not its only problem...based on tests done with a RigExpert AA-600 it's not really a good FM antenna....I guess up high and away from lots of metal stuff in your attic, it will work better than the little wire dipoles that come with stereos. This antenna in a round configuration as advertised is more of an Air Band antenna than for the FM broadcast band. How to fix? First, ditch the round configuration and go with the "S" configuration. (see pic). Second, the built in connection needs to be bypassed with a $1.00 or less 300 ohm to 75 ohm balun transformer. (Find them easy on Amazon!) That makes it an even better antenna....a little better for FM but still better on the Air band. Now to pull the frequency down: Some people tell you to put a piece of aluminum tape or a wire on it and that works. If you don't have a way to sweep the antenna, where to put it? I decided to use some RFI snap on chokes. I used 4 - 13 mm chokes from a Cedmon 20 piece kit (I needed some of the other sizes, but it's a very reasonably priced kit and on Amazon!) See the attached pic for the placement. This, with the transformer, make this a decent FM antenna. My findings were not from a one off defective antenna. I bought a second antenna and these modifications hold true on it as well. They work even better when you stack the two antennas and combine them with a JoinTenna or other combiner. (When stacked, you only need two RFI chokes on each and you can dispense with the transformer, too. I used the length of the antenna's beam as the separation between the two, or about 18 inches.) Testing was done on both metallic and non-metallic mounting masts and there was no significant changes to the antenna's behavior. My antennas cost me $18.99 each and I see them sold at Home Depot for twice that....they are just ok but I had a lot of fun experimenting with them. They're easy to assemble and the attaching hardware has stood up to me taking them apart and putting them back together several times.

I bought the Stellar Labs, Outdoor FM Antenna OMNIDIRECTIONAL. As of this writing I do not have it in place yet, but I am very impressed. The antenna got to my house earlier than expected, Thank You. I have it temporarily mounted on a tripod. The signal strength in conjunction with my installed system works very well. I even have gotten 3 more channels than I had before.Rick