Review on 📡 Outdoor FM Loop Antenna: Ideal for Attic, Mounting, and RV Use by Mark Gancio

I had a somewhat unusual problem with FM reception and was looking for a solution. All the FM stations I want to listen to are about 25 miles away, up a mountain range. There are three groups of antennas, with the outer groups being about 90 degrees from my location. Five stations interested me the most: one on the left, two in the middle, and two on the right. Two stations were 50,000 watts and three were only 20,000 watts. I had to install an antenna, whatever it was, in the attic of my house. I installed a coax cable to carry the signal from the attic to the FM tuner. A traditional dipole antenna just didn't provide enough signal on the FM tuner. Next, I tried a four-piece joist, which was the largest size I could fit underground. I've found that the beam can pick up fainter stations when aimed directly at the station, but won't pick up fainter stations elsewhere. Then I tried Britta's loop. He has all the locations but isn't strong enough in the weakest location on the far left. My final solution was to combine Britta's beam and loop, with the beam pointing right at the faintest station and Britta picking up everything else. This resulted in a good signal from all stations. I used a signal strength meter to set everything up and get the best combination. I'm not sure what the units are on the counter, but the scale goes from 0 to 100 points. I was very surprised to find that the beam was better than Britta's only when aimed directly at the transmitter. In every other respect, Britta outperformed the bar. The maximum advantage of the beam when aiming at close range was 10 points. When the beam was off-axis, Britta outperformed it by about 10 points. This suggests that Britta is an antenna that can be used for almost all applications. It's essentially non-directional, meaning you don't have to fiddle with precise aiming. It picks up all but the faintest signals and is easy to install. I have to say the quality of the Britta surprised me given its relatively small size and omnidirectional design. It's also very well made, with a few nice touches like coaxial cable routing and quality mounting hardware. I recommend it unconditionally for all but the most remote installations and locations. A very weak signal would require a large beam with more than four elements to get a much better signal than Britta's, and an antenna with such a large beam would actually require a much more complex mount than Britta's. In short, this is an excellent antenna for all but the weakest station where a large beam is needed, or the strongest where a simple dipole will work.