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FM F Connector Antenna

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Moby2

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I bought a new Yamaha receiver that came with an push-on F connector type FM antenna that connects to the back of the receiver. This antenna is very think gauge and doesn't pull in stations too well. What is a good quality FM antenna with an F connector for a reasonable price?
 
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These last several years I've made my own dipole antennas out of speaker wire, hooked up to a bare F connector. Really easy. Google "DIY dipole".

Probably more important than a "good" antenna is aiming it properly for the stations you want to receive. FMfool.com can identify which directions your local signals are coming from.
 
Yamaha often uses the European standard PAL connectors on receivers, they look like a push on F connector but aren't and may not work right without a PAL to F adapter. You can get one of those from Radio Shack or Amazon.

I've had good success using an inexpensive "Digital Ready" indoor TV antenna that I bought at Walgreens ( Of all places ). It is tunable and allowed me to pull in my favorite FM stations in our old house ( Cinder block walls, Florida hurricane resistant construction - bad for marginal FM signals ) where the little basic wire antennas and dipoles that I made just could not get the job done.

Mark Gosdin
 
Bought a $13 set of rabbit ears on Amazon that had the proper F connector for your purpose. It is also tuneable. Has worked well for me in Metro KC.
 
That PAL type connector is on a number of units made in Asia. Get the adaptor from Radio shack, while they are still there, or try Parts Express. Rabbit ear type antennas are very popular as inside antennas because you can aim them. I use a omni-directional dipole antenna from Radio Shack that is up in my attic. Not expensive, but you need to run the 72 ohm antenna cable down from the attic. I drilled a hole in my closet ceiling and ran the cable down that way.
 
I just bought a Yamaha unit for the kitchen and went through the same thing. True dipole and another loop unit w/o success. I ended up adding more wire to the end of the supplied wire and ran it out the top of the window. There's maybe 5' of wire hanging down the side of my window. When the weather breaks I'll get up on a ladder and play around with it for possibly even better reception. Station locks in but mono.
 
Since I "cut the cable" ( thank you Roku ) and went with a large boom TV antenna hung from my attic rafters, I've enjoyed not only great OTA HDTV reception but outstanding FM.

I use a coax signal splitter which feeds three TV's and one FM receiver.
 
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