10 Best Indoor FM Antenna

One afternoon I was working in the garage and decided I needed some tunes to pass the time. I rummaged through some old boxes. Looked on a shelf or two. No tunes to be had. There was an old Onkyo receiver but that thing didn’t make a single sound. I used to say, “if you cant fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.” So hammer first. It made some noises. But none of them musical. I quickly saw the error in my method and figured, “I have an electrical problem.” Through the magic of YouTube I determined I was missing the antenna. A few clicks on this here interweb and Bob’s your uncle, it arrived. In all its splendor, shiny black cable with a silver end. The promise of the sweet sound of music loomed heavy in the air. I positioned the aforementioned Onkyo on the shelf and with a few well placed curse words and holding my tongue just right it installed. Magically and as if by divine intervention. Then much to my dismay the crystal clear sounds of Nickleback blasted forth from the speakers. At first I thought the antenna was broken, turns out I can select different stations with this new item. A few buttons later and Metallica screamed forth. Success! Installation took just under an hour and a half. Like 25 seconds-ish. Works as designed except it will apparently also receive Maroon 5…the manufacturer promises this is normal…

Needed an antenna for my Yamaha RXV-1800 in the house. We live in a valley with foothills around us. Reception is very bad. I have never received FM stations. For $7 I figured it was worth a try. I am blown away by the results. The reception is excellent. Very clear and strong. How much do I like this product. I just ordered another one for my Yamaha RXV-1400 in the garage!

This did work, connected directly to my receiver, but not as well as a simple wire dipole antenna. The connector of the Ancable antenna is a normal ‘F’ style coax connector, and I needed an adapter for my receiver, but it connected fine. I found that a simple ‘T’ style dipole wire antenna as at Radio Shack for about the same money, along with the Radio Shack 300ohm to 75ohm coax transformer/converter, worked better than the Ancable antenna, in my case. The Radio Shack dipole has a lead-in wire that gives me more positioning options than the Ancable. I found I could position the dipole vertically for best reception. My advice – buy a simple T type dipole with a 300-75ohm transformer.