📻 RGTech Monarch Indoor AM/FM Antenna, High Performance 60 Mile Range Multi-Directional Reception Radio Antenna Review

I have a very nice Sangean HDR-18 HD FM radio that has a great tuner (and fantastic sound) but comes with a telescopic whip antenna. The stylus only gives mediocre reception, so I tried to find an indoor FM antenna that would improve reception, particularly on some of the classic low power stations in my area, and saw some good things about this antenna. The price, I thought what the heck (you also get a pair of plug converters which, when bought separately at the store, cost almost the same as

I'm impressed! We live in a rural area in northern Michigan, there aren't really any big cities around us, so our choice of radio stations is very limited. However, there are a few that fit well and some that come off a bit. Sometimes static, sometimes faded. Our house is in a wooded area surrounded by trees and we also have a metal roof. That's too much for an inexpensive small indoor antenna. We first tried one of another company's arcuate booster antennas. It was a complete disappointment…

I've tried about a dozen different antennas for my VHF receiver over the years (dipoles, rabbit ears, compact "amplifiers" without a power supply, etc.). and neither was really much better than the other, although some were definitely worse. Thinking I'd try another, I ordered one of these and, after waiting for it to arrive, was surprised to find that it offered better reception than any I've tried in the past . Signal, added an extra bar to the signal meter for almost all stations that…