Sky Blue Long Range Outdoor FM Antenna from Ness Electronics
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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Now if only there was a good radio station
I agree with you. An FM antenna is only worth it if there's decent radio stations that can be picked up in a given area. They're all trash by me but I'm sure other areas have stuff worth listening to.
@@AntennaManin my area the FM is just about as bad as the MW band is here. And more local stations are abandoning their old music formats for various talk formats which is a waste of FM bandwidth! And there’s truly no variety across the entire FM dial.
There are some good ones outside the metro areas that you can get during tropo or with a good outdoor antenna.
@@AntennaMan the bigger cities, local is not dead. If you got some place to point you should try it
You are absolutely RIGHT about that👍
Ness is a great company. I have ordered from them several times. They are family run and have good customer service.
Yes, Ness is a great family-run company.
Antennas bring me back to my childhood before we had Cable TV installed. I installed the longest TV antenna that I could find, along with a tall mast and cables for support. Thank you so much!
I would like if you did reviews of stereo antennas and how-to vids like you do tv antennae. When I bought my range experts 1500 based on your recommendation I picked up an FM rooftop antenna for like $20 on Amazon and it's been awesome. I'd like to see what better options are out there and I think others would love to see the reviews as well.
My dad had a 12ft paralog FM antenna years ago on a rotor up 20 ft. We had a flat terrain with no interference. Fantastic product when you're in the fringe and need to pick up distance stations well. Worked like a champ.
But it doesn't work well in my current location with many local transmitters. I wanted good reception from a station 70mi away. The big antenna, even at 30 ft, didn't work because of signal overload by local stations. I got one of those cheap S shaped antennas and walked around my yard and found one area, where the station came in noise free. I mounted it on a small pole, 3ft elevation where the signal was the strongest. It was a great signal for years!!
It worked there ONLY because I have many 100 ft. pine trees which CAN reflect signals from higher levels right down into my yard! IF you have tall trees between you and the station try to find a reflected signal with a small antenna by just roaming around your yard before spending a lot of money on a big antenna. Back when I was in a dorm, I was one of the few students to pick up stations 110 mi away fairly well. Many years later I realized I was getting a signal bounced from the top of a high water tower. My dorm room was in the RIGHT spot for that reflection! I had to run coax to the other students that were at the same elevation, but couldn't get the stations.
I use the same trick for a TV station I enjoy that also comes from 70 mi away. My TV antenna for that station is roughly 10 ft high and positioned for a reflected signal from a distant tree. It gave me solid reception for many years until one day the tree was chopped down! I heard the chain saws on the next street and as they removed the tree, the signal disappeared.
I did another survey of my yard and found another strong signal from another tree that provides 99% perfect reception today. This technique ONLY works if you have trees or other high objects between you and the station you're trying to receive.
No trees? No water towers? Then get your antenna really high. Height has a huge effect. A $20 antenna at 50ft may actually work better than a $200 antenna at 20 ft, and the $200 antenna may also be easily overloaded by local stations.
But if you have trees or tall objects, take some time and patience to see if you can find a reflected signal at ground level with a cheap antenna. You might be VERY surprised.
Great info! It's not just size but location. This gives me hope to keep trying to receive a station 100 miles away. I wonder if walking around with a portable radio would help me find a good spot?
Finally a new outdoor FM antenna with DXers in mind…
It would be cool if you could do a test of this antenna vs an indoor. Unfortunately the side bands of HD radio make it hard to do DXing like we used to, at least in a metro area.
Well stated Tylar, JEFFIE has more money than BRAINS.
When I was younger (mid 2000's) a 13 element yagi did exist. I'm about to buy this thing and hook it up to my Sangean HD radio tuner and see how it does.
Tyler needs to review this! Out of his wheel house, but it's time to buck back against cable, and satellite! Radio is not dead!
I have the same radio tuner. It will do very well, provided you don't get overload from local stations, like in a city. Overload is a huge problem for me but the Sangean does quite well using with a small antenna in my yard capturing signals reflected from the tops of the trees. It will depend on your location.
The [Peter] Körner 19.3 FM antenna has everyone else beat with 19 elements, a boom length of 201” . The gain is 9-11 dB and a F/R of 30-38 dB
I like shopping at Ness. They are a great business to deal with. I go there everytime I’m in the Minneapolis area.
Back in the 1970's &80's the music content on FM was so much better, I had bought and put up a 6 element FM beam antenna, no problem getting local and more distant FM stations. Today with all the low power stations on the air having a good beam FM antenna is an excellent Idea! You chances of finding good stations is too.
I bought a Radio Shack FM antenna with 10 dB of gain 15 years ago and had a lot of fun with it. My house was high. With a rotator, I could find low power high school stations 50 miles away.
I am wondering if a dedicated FM antenna could do a decent job picking up channels 2-6 which sit just below the FM band. Of course it's getting harder to find VHF lo stations these days.
I'm told it will work for upper low VHF channels like RF 5 and 6. I didn't mention this in the video because I did not want non-technical individuals purchasing it as a TV antenna who don't understand virtual vs RF channels.
Nice to see you promote another band other than tv. It’s really important that we keep radio alive, especially when tuners are disappearing. I live in the hurricane threatened gulf coast.
I wish there was someone who could test it and let us know how it performs.
I would love a review of this antenna, I would also be interested in personally reviewing it as well. There are a couple fringe stations in my area that I’m sure this would have no problem pulling in.
I live in San Diego and would have loved to have that antenna to pick up FM stations in LA back when there was KMET and other great stations transmitting in So Cal!
Stark Elections now closed use to sell a antenna just like this back in the day from 1996 to 2007 or 2008 I heard it was a great antenna. I am not knocking this antenna it is just a overpriced IMO it only worth $80 to $130 I it were this price I would buy one.
What type of result would you get from hooking an FM antenna up to the TV? I guy down the street from me here at my vacation place in the Poconos has a FM antenna laying in the junk pile of a property he just bought and I was gonna ask if I can have it.
It would only work well for low VHF channels since FM is near RF channel 6. I was considering mentioning this in the video but did not want people purchasing this antenna if they didn't understand RF versus virtual channels, which most people do not.
No testing?
This is a commercial. There is no content.
Ness Electronics? Like Ness from Earthbound?!?!
I use to own one of those BEHEMOTH Channel Master antennas back in 1985, mounted on my chimney with a rotator, the model 4408 Stereo Probe 9, it was great! But that's when FM was good, now I'm a Serious SiriusXM guy, it's the closest I can get to the good old days of FM
If you have SirusXM in your car the audio quality is awful most stations sound like a 80kbps MP3 no joke. The Best sounding station is Classic Vinyl. What I would do is run all the music stations at 160kbps or 192kbps AAC and all the talk new sports 128kbps AAC all station would run Stereo Tool with good settings. Only like 5 sports are true 24/7 most of the station just run a message looped saying please tune in later I would turn off all these station when they are not being used to improved the quality of the rest of the stations.
@@DJboutit2the problem I see is lots of redundancy. There’s like 30 rock stations and many of the same songs play on nearly all of them. Compare that to Country music, which has 12 stations that many of them at any given time are not playing country music. They are stations that have a celebrity host and they are playing his or her favorite tunes across all genres. Add commercials (which were never supposed to happen) and the lineup is now terrible. I listened merely for the Howard Stern channels since the beginning m. But now, Howard is just merely a disappointing, bitter old man that removed most of the entertainment he used to have. And now the add 14 channels of Spanish language content, despite the fact that SiriusXM isn’t even available in Latin America. It’s safe to say I quit paying for the nonsense.
I have a Radio Shack 6 Element directional Antenna connected to an Optimus STAV 3570 Receiver. It still works great I got it off eBay, but I had one like it years ago. I lived in town and had to get permission from the HOA. Then we moved out away from town I then had a Tower with a Channel Master 1160 I think was the model. I wish you could get that model and test it out that would be grate.
I would love to put up a decent FM antenna, my reception is appalling. Unfortunately, unlike TV antennas, FM radio antennas are protected from HOA restrictions.
I can't justify $200 for an FM antenna. I split a 14g dual wire in two, to make a T. It mostly works ok.
I was hoping you where going to test it
Good information
Pretty impressive
It looks like a log periodic antenna configured out of folded dipoles, with directors in front. If so, then the entire antenna has a DC ground connection, which is great for static discharge and better than nothing for lightning strike.
Log periodic antennas have twin booms and staggered elements.
@@Fetherko ; True, but the driven elements seem to be fed and phased kinda like a log periodic. Also, each dipole looks like it's tuned for an individual band segment.
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I loved having a separate FM antenna back in the day. With my last move I never put it back up though. Back in my day the public stations played more things like classical or jazz music. Now they mostly talk (complain).
The Classical Station is in Wake Forest, NC, 24-7 classical music. They have full internet broadcast, too, I believe.
Every time he says "FM Antenna" it sounds like he's saying "F'n Antenna". Anyone else hear that?
As a travelling RVer, I love your videos
Thanks for watching them!
No tests to see how it performs?
Unfortunately, I don't have a way to test the antenna since I don't own an FM stereo with coax input and don't have any other FM antenna to compare it to. That being said, like any antenna, size matters. This will outperform any of the smaller FM antennas currently on the market.
Tyler - I posted this to the wrong video - it shudda been here!
Is HD FM still a thing? Or is it so established that it's implied in all the reviews and recommendations? I ask because I didn'g see it specifically mentioned here.
Paul M.
Atlanta, GA
Yes, HD Radio is still a thing in most areas but iHeart shut down a bunch of them.
Back in 1978 I bought Radio Shack's 10 element FM yagi. Growing up on the shore of Lake Erie, 17 miles west of downtown Cleveland, I would experience tropospheric ducting across the water in warm weather months. When conditions were right Detroit would boom in. Sometimes Buffalo and even Toronto FM. That about 200 miles. I would say when the conditions were not enhanced (most of the time) it was rock solid 75+ miles on your better class B FM stations. Unfortunately, that part of the country has no class C stations. It was too band crowded for class C.
I get Lansing Michigan with a boom box from the lakeshore 30 miles east of Cleveland. It lasts for an hour or so.
We get a temperature inversion in the Chagrin River Valley. I don't know if that is the cause.
I lived in Lexington Park, Maryland in the mid-70's, and had the 10-element Radio Shack on a ten-foot mast with a rotor. I was able to get FM stations from several states, in all directions .
I also got TV from those same markets , including NBC from Miami on July 4, 1976, via tropo ducting.
Nowadays, living in the big city markets, every FM channel is occupied by translators, low-power FM, and Christian channels.
I'd love to have that old FM yagi again, and a place to do some DX.
looks like it will hold snow load
Given the lack of premium grade FM stations, some would say why bother. There are those who still listen to FM despite it’s shortcomings. This review was a bit short on content. I would have appreciated a more in-depth review. Come on guy. Give us a real review and not just an opinion. Your reviews matter to those of us who still do the antenna thing.
Unfortunately I have no way to review this antenna because I don't have a home stereo nor do I have other antennas to compare it to. With that said, size matters when it comes to antennas and this one will outperform any smaller FM antenna on the market.
what about testing FM signal
I have no way to test the antenna because I don't own a stereo receiver with coax input nor do I have any other antennas to compare it to. That being said, like all antennas, size matters, and this FM antenna will outperform any smaller antenna on the market.
Have u seen the 2000 + miles antennas? I like to see u testing them. Thanks.
Thanks Tyler. You are a gem!
Do you have info about cellular boosters?
Thanks.
I really hope you understand how much this channel and what you do means to a lot of people. I can only speak for myself when I say you're my most trusted resource. I've learned a lot from your videos. Thanks for all you do Tyler!.
I don't even have a decent antenna and regularly get FM stations out to 100 - 125 miles or more. You need a decent radio, like the TEF 6866 capable of picking up adjacent stations next to your strong locals. With that radio and this antenna, you should be able to get over 200 miles on a good day.
Do you live away from big metros, and do the stations you hear lack HD? If yes and yes, I will pack my bags’ (I have the TEF too; see my page.)
@@christopherdunne7848 No. But it's all flat here. I could get 98.9 The Bear Fort Wayne at 140 miles everyday or Paintsville KY at 120 miles depending on the time of the day and the conditions.
Thanks Tyler. I will try this antenna for FM Dx'ing. And unlike some, I will deliberately continue to subscribe!!
For a good station try WKXW FM. Trenton N.J. 101.5 FM ,also on line. Try after July 4th 10-2 pm eastern. Dennis & Judy are funny !
Are there plans for over the air television to display the name of hte program being broadcast? I'm a recent 'cord cutter'. I was wondering if certain TVs display the name of the program. ? kind of like the radio in the car displays the name of the music being played. Your thoughts?
Most smart TVs include a two week channel guide of channels that come in off the antenna. Only older TVs don't show any info at all.
@@AntennaMan Thank you!
Antenna hight etthanai Adi mele oru video podunka anna
Didn’t even know that was a thing
If you are going for good long range on FM radio mount the antenna vertical not horizontal since many FM radio stations concentrate on vertical polarity for mobile reception not horizontal polarity like they once did back in the 60's 70's and early 80's. In some cases you may get a very good signal on vertical polarity but nothing at all on horizontal polarity with some radio stations.
Years ago I got basic plastic square. Pulls in 78 channels= half. Can I do better?
A product searching for a market. Grateful they sponsor you but I’ve not listened to terrestrial radio in years.
My man Tyler. Please do the side to side head bob and Bla Bla Bla on each video as your thing. It was glorious. ;-)
I find your videos to be very informative. I've been watching me TV tunes a number of times since it came out Tuesday morning.
Something I could use for my archive preamp/ tuner
About 10 years ago a dear friend helped me install a 8 foot long antenna at my house. At that time it was the best you could get. I wish I had money to get this one. I live in an area that reception can be difficult at times.
Yup, he does have enough money which makes it Ness-assary to do business with the other guy.
There once was a time many years ago when I would’ve used one of these. I don’t think I’ve turned an FM radio on and a decade.
For best reception it is recommended to mount it vertically. From my experience FM Yagi antennas perform better when they are mounted vertical instead of horizontal.
Interesting, thanks for sharing!
Omnidirectional that is right?
@@AntennaMan I got into FM reception back in 2019.
The first antenna was an FM dipole it could be mounted both horizontal and vertical. I mounted it exactly like a TV antenna. It only performed great on strong FM stations, and performed poor on medium signal stations, on low signal stations I couldn't receive them at all. When I mounted it vertical it was a major suprise it performed great on both strong and medium signal stations and I could listen to them in Stereo, and some low signal stations could be listened in Mono.
The next antenna that I tested was a 3 element Yagi FM antenna same situation like the dipole FM antenna. The diference was that some low signal stations could be listened in Stereo and other that couldn't be received with I dipol, I could receive them with the 3 element antenna and in Mono. Mounted like a TV antenna it performed poor so it is better to mount it vertically.
The last antenna that I tested is a 5 element FM antenna, with that antenna you could receive stations outside the coverage and could listen in Mono or Stereo depending how far are the transmitters.
This is my personal experience, but in Europe FM will soon be History since DAB+ will take over radio but this will happen after 2026. And DAB+ while it has major advantages over FM and is superior than HD Radio you can fit more than 4 channels on a single frequency. DAB+ us VHF High Band and if your like me interested in DX reception is not as easy as FM DX-ing.
@@jamesm568 The Dipole FM antenna and the circle FM antenna is by default omnidirectional the difference is that the dipole if you mount it vertical it really is omnidirectional.
The Yagi antennas if you mount them vertical are almost omnidirectional. But perform much better than horizontal.
I was thinking the exact same thing. I always thought that FM transmissions were vertically polarized, therefore a vertically oriented antenna would do a far superior job to picking up the broadcasts.
would have liked yiu to do an HD FM scan with that antenna please show us a scan
Why does it have folded elements on the back 4?
If you want an antenna for FM reception and don't want to spend $200.00 for one you can use the STELLAR LABS 30-2476 TV antenna and it is only $39.69. It works great for FM as well as upper VHF TV.
I ordered one once from a co. I won’t mention; it arrived damaged.
@@christopherdunne7848 I have two of them one that I have been using for over 4 years and one as a back up. Did they send you a replacement?
This looks quite directional, though I couldn't find front-to-back ratio listed. If you have a distant station or more that you're missing, this model might isolate it.
The front to back ratio is probably similar to the old Channel Master Stereo Probe 9 which is shown on the site below. It's definitely pretty directional. ham-radio.com/k6sti/probe9.htm
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Used to have a 10 element FM antenna in Clearwater Fla. regularly picked up several FMs from Miami 200 miles away. Orlando 110 miles all came in like locals.
HD, or “I-BLOCK”, has changed the game. I am a witness to that, here in Miami…
Yes, in flat areas, these big long antennas really work well!! I had similar results in the mid west.
you can even try test on TV signal like getting WPVI and WDPN
I asked Mr. Ness about this but we agreed featuring it strictly as an FM antenna since a lot of people don't understand the difference between virtual and RF channels and might purchase it for their "channel 3" that doesn't broadcast on low VHF.
It might not work for WPDN (MeTv, channel 2 which actually broadcasts on VHF channel 2) according to the description of this video. (RF channels 5 and 6 = 76 to 88 megahertz)
Newbie question: would an antenna like this allow me to pick up local HD radio stations?
Yes, but you also need an HD radio tuner.
Yes!
@@AntennaMan I have a dedicated AM/FM outdoor antenna that works great. I also remember back in the day when they had combination VHF/UHF/FM antennas. The good ole days. 😊
If you like religious, country, or Spanish language, you are in luck. Otherwise, not so much. Stick with iheart.
The programming definitely depends on the area. Small town FM stations are great.
WNCW great western NC station. There are others worthy of investing in a good tuner coupled with a good antenna.
iheart is Trash they suck I can't stand listening for billions of commercials the non commercial band radio is better
Review it for God sakes...this is a buck back against satellite and cable isn't it. Expansion and tie in time Tyler!
I have no way to test the antenna because I don't own a stereo receiver with coax input nor do I have any other antennas to compare it to. That being said, like all antennas, size matters, and this FM antenna will outperform any smaller antenna on the market.
If you can't test the product or review the product, you will lose the trust of your viewers. You started as an Antenna Review site.
Let that sink in.
It should be test preform…..it’s so easy to do that … I don’t like to buy as a blind 😊
Unfortunately there wasn't a way for me to test this as I don't have an FM receiver with a coax connection, nor do I have any other FM antennas to compare it to but like any antenna, size matters. This antenna will outperform any smaller FM antenna.
@@AntennaMan Poor excuse
@@JohnLight1 Not a poor excuse. Be thankful I mentioned this antenna in a video at all as FM antennas are an extremely niche product that isn't exactly relevant to the average audience of my UA-cam channel.
I still have my rabbit ears antenna for my stereo does a good job picking up more station now to
Stick it straight up and it might make a damn good omnidirectional FM antenna for those that don't need directional.
About 35 years ago I had a pair of stacked 10 element antennas made by Finco. I used their stacking ki for vertical stacking. That and a good Sony receiver alled me to listen to many stations. My dial was full. The stacking helped reduce the airplane flutter.
Back between '72 thru '76 I lived in southern Ohio and had a Finco antenna on a 25foot stack with a rotor hooked up along with cheap Pioneer receiver and in the winter with the antenna pointing southeast trying to find some stations in W
Virgina I came across a rock station out of Detroit Michigan over 250 miles away that came strong enough to listen in stereo. But inthe spring summer & fall it wouldn't come in at all. Also when pointed south southwest any time of the year I could pick up a station from Lexington KY. Was a good fm radio setup.
@@rickjames9544 A good antenna makes all the difference.
Only worth it if you have a rotor & an HD receiver
I'm interested in this but what would I use this for? Like do I hook up a boombox to it or would I have it wired throughout the house? I'm just curious on the value of an FM antenna on my roof? I have a TV antenna and have had a roof one for most of the time I've lived at my house.
You would connect this antenna to a home stereo with a 75ohm coax connection. Most boomboxes and radios from the store don't have a separate antenna input so this antenna isn't best for that. The value of FM definitely depends on the area. Where I live, it's mostly trash. AM is basically on life support.
It's for people with quality stereo receivers as most home stereo equipment has antenna inputs.
@@jamesm568great! Now if I could just find a station that is tolerable!!😡
@@RJDA.Dakota I use local radio to get the feel of what's going on locally as you don't really get that from XM radio or internet radio. It does vary per location though. The problem with FM is a lot of popular stations use the same frequency so if you trying to pick up another station on the same frequency 60 mi away it creates a mess.
compare it with the last two antennas, if a paperclip can pick up tv, so can an fm antenna
You can actually stream most all radio stations for free.
Not unless you're getting internet service for free.
I agree that most radio stations can be streamed online, but the audio quality from the FM signal is a bit better. Plus it isn't reliant on an internet connection or smartphone. Pushing the power button on a stereo is a bit more convenient than finagling with an app, bluetooth, ect.
Tyler. I am for the first time EVER giving you a thumbs down. I understand creators need sponsor. You make a video and get a sponsor. This is not that. Thos is a commercial. There is no content. There is no review. There's no testing. There's no opinions. I am disappointed in you. I have been a big fan of your channel. On the CDVR forums we love sharing your videos. This sucks. Please delete thos video off your channel. It's just a commercial. Please delete thos video amd remake it with a proper review.
I mentioned that this is a sponsored video. As a content creator, I have every right to take sponsorships like these which include ad integrations or commercials. I actually deny probably 99% of sponsor requests because I want to keep my videos relevant to antennas and cord cutting. The overwhelming majority of comments on this video praise it because they weren't aware of this excellent long range FM antenna. As for reviewing the antenna - I have no way to do so because I don't own a stereo receiver with coax input nor do I have any other antennas to compare it to. That being said, like all antennas, size matters, and this FM antenna will outperform any smaller antenna on the market.
I have no objection to sponsorship. I want you to make a living. I even used your antenna recommendation service. But you are an antenna reviewer. That's how 95% of people found you. You posted an antenna video that had NO review. I'm done, Tyler. I am unsubscribing.
Antenna review man can't review an antenna because he doesn't have an FM radio. Go to the local Goodwill. They are cheap.
I respect all that you have done for ATSC 3.0 action. I respect your past videos. I have no respect for this video.
He mentioned this is a sponsored video and I’m sure his analysis of the antenna was his true opinion. He has to make money somehow so he can continue making videos because UA-cam has been flakey with their demonization for no apparent reason issue.
Sponsored video does not mean no review. He is a antenna review channel. I am 99% sure its a good product. I want him to make money. The sponsored video still needs to contain content. This has no content. Do not defend him. Demand a review.
@@jayjohnson6848 I commend Tyler for being interested enough to bring up this FM antenna even though he doesn't have the means to hook it up to a stereo FM tuner or receiver. As an ex-FM DXer, I didn't know there was a new FM antenna out there that looks like a Channel Master Probe 9. Probably Channel Master quit offering them at least 5 years ago.