Monarch Indoor AM/FM Antenna, True 60 Mile Range Multidirectional Reception Radio Antenna

The RGTech Monarch Indoor Antenna performs better than any other FM antenna I have tried so far. My challenge is that I'm in a large metropolitan area but I'm trying to pick up a weak (100 watt) FM station across town (30-40 miles away). I prefer the FM version of the station to the AM version (as AM radio tuners don't sound as good as they used to - my Onkyo receiver is no exception, largely rolled off above 3 khz). Of course, this FM station comes in pretty clearly in my car but I struggle to get it in the house - even on the 2nd floor in my office. And with FM, the higher you place the antenna the better, as FM is largely 'line of sight' with the reach of its signal and your ability to receive it.I've had the RGTech Monarch Indoor Antenna in place, indoors on a wall near my ceiling, for about a week now. It works noticeably better than others I've tried from Terk and Bingfu (Terk amplified AM/FM tower, Bingfu FM dipole w/ 10' cord). These others have worked fairly well as FM antennas, though inconsistently - they need to be repositioned regularly for weaker stations or cannot support where they need to be placed (i.e. you think you've found "the spot" and then a few days later you have more static than signal - or "the spot" is an impractical location and you can't safely put the antenna there).But the RGTech Monarch has done significantly better with FM signals because 1) the antenna itself seems to be more sensitive 2) it is very lightweight for its size (which helps greatly with positioning it) and 3) it has a 15' cord that allows even more positioning flexibility. And for those who've not played around with positioning an FM antenna that much, there is a key factor to consider. The cord is also part of the antenna. Where you position the cord may make more of an impact than where you actually position the antenna itself, in many cases.While this antenna seems to be made to put it in a window or on a wall, you will have to move it - and the cord - around to see what works best. Be prepared to stick and unstick the antenna from different locations, several times. You might want to use some tape to place it on the location you want to try it at, before you actually use the built-in adhesive on the antenna. The built-in adhesive spots will become less sticky the more that you move it of course. This is also so that you can take your hand(s) off the antenna to see how it will perform. Any antenna tends to work better when you are touching it - so you need to step away from it to see if you found the right position that will work 'hands free' (unless you want to keep your hand on the antenna the whole time). :-)While it does indicate it's also an AM antenna on Amazon and on the product box, you'll also notice that it doesn't really mention AM frequencies on the other side of the box and the antenna only provides a single 75 ohm coax connection (with a few adapters). It seems like the mention of AM could be a misprint. On the other side of the box it talks about FM frequencies or DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting, a European or non-US format - for this antenna 170-240 MHZ). So if your radio provides an AM connection this antenna can connect to, go for it - see if it helps. But I don't think this antenna is meant for the AM band. In my experience, most AM antennas require two wire leads (ground & positive) to connect to the receiver or tuner.For this price (I purchased it for about $20) I would give this antenna a try! I am very happy with it so far.

This antenna has no provision for AM reception. It's FM and (European) DAB only.As an FM antenna it functions quite well, i.e., much better than the wire or folded dipole antennas packed with most hifi receivers. I have mine connected to a Sangean HD Radio tuner and it does a good job of pulling in stations from the Baltimore/Washington area.An interesting feature is the physical appearance of the antenna. It's a strip of paper-thin plastic about 22 inches long and 2 inches wide. The instructions suggest that you tape the strip vertically on a window, but they say it'll work OK if taped to a wall. Mine didn't come with the double-sided tape, so I simply draped the thing over the top of my bedroom door.Don't know why the company advertised AM reception, since there's no provision for AM, but as for an FM indoor antenna, I'm quite satisfied. The antenna is connected via a 15-foot coax cable with an F connector on the end. It comes with an adapter to convert the F-type to a European standard socket.

Could not even receive the strongest station that my little bathroom radio gets with one of those wire antennas taped to a window. Long range, HA!!! Will be returning

I'm Impressed!We live in a rural area of northern Michigan with no really large cities anywhere around us so the choice of radio stations is very limited for us. However there are a couple that come in good and there are several that come in somewhat. Sometimes with static, sometimes fading in and out. Our house is on a wooded piece of property surrounded by trees plus we also have a metal roof. That's an awful lot to ask of an inexpensive little indoor antenna to overcome.We first tried one of those Amplified Bow-Style antennas from another company. That was a total disappointment. It did not even work as well as the little single wire antenna that came with the stereo. We returned that Antenna to Amazon for a refund. We had also found this one at the same time we found the bow-style antenna so we thought we might as well give this one a try. Invented by a N.A.S.A scientist. Comes with a full money back guarantee. Why not give it a try? What did we have to lose?I'm impressed. This thing did wonders for our signal. While we did not pull in any additional station with this antenna it did clear up all the station we were already getting. Even the marginal ones. The static was gone and our other stations no longer faded in and out.It's super flat, Maybe the thickness of 2 pieces of heavy printer paper so it can be attached on a wall just about anywhere. It has a really long wire so you can move it around to find the best location to pull in your signals. It comes with a connector that looks like the one on your cable T.V. wire and it also comes with an adaptor.Unfortunately the adaptor did not fit our stereo. So, Back out to Amazon again for some research on adaptors. What I found out is that the adapter that it comes with is called a PAL Male adaptor. We needed a "PAL Female adapter." After looking around on Amazon some more we found just what we needed. Its called "PAL Female to Female F Coax adapter" I've included an image of the connector above. We now have a clean signal, a variety of channel to choose from and no more fading or static.The adaptor that we decided on was this one:Uxcell Antenna CATV TV FM PAL Female to F Female Jack RF Coax AdapterHere’s the link:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OK44Y6I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1The adaptor worked great and this Antenna was just what we needed. We couldn’t be happier.