Review on 📡 Enhanced FM Dipole Antenna by Parts Express by Geoff Cooper

I recently dug up an old 2 channel stereo receiver for office use and needed an FM antenna for it. Rather than using a fancy amplified antenna that has to sit on a shelf, I remembered from my youth the good old dipole VHF antennas that you taped away behind a bookshelf. In my case an unamplified dipole is enough as I live in a metro area and I just want to tune in to a few local classic rock stations. I'm not interested in very bad radio reception. While I probably have some of my dipoles from my youth, they are "somewhere" around the house and finding them is more of a headache than just buying a new one. This Parts Express item was exactly what I was looking for, affordable and fast shipping via USPS. This is a 300 ohm blade antenna. So if your tuner has a 75 ohm coax connector, remember that you will need a 75-300 ohm balun which will allow you to use a 300 ohm balanced dipole antenna with your 75 ohm antenna. unbalanced input. These balloon adapters are easy to find on Revain or eBay, or your local electronics store. Other than that, it's a good old unamplified FM dipole that will be remembered by those of us who lived in the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's.