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Stations that had been linking up just fine, dropped out. Attached to my Sony HD and powered it up. Tried different positions and gain settings, but no dice.Looks as if Terk is selling something that looks good, but doesn't perform.
It may be that the ony good antenna is an outdoor antenna. I have a Technics audio receiver and the AM/FM is useless to me at this time. No matter where I move the antenna or adjust the gain, the reception is awful. Where does TERK get the idea or proof that their indoor anennas improve reception. The price paid for this product is a waste. As some other reviews have stated, a coat hangar would probably be just as good. I have a table radio (Boston Acoustics) that runs circles around my aided TERK antenna reception.
the factory supplied antenna. If I could have given it 0 stars I would have, since it is not worth one star. Made absolutely no difference vs. In fact once I moved the factory supplied wire a bit, the reception was better than with this product.
This product may work perfectly in the lab, but it's useless in a more 'ordinary' environment. Still haven't figured out what to do to improve FM, but that was the whole thrust behind the Terk. Save your money folks. I was actually able to get better recption by creating a 3 foot loop of heavy gauge copper wire (AM).
I don't know how or in what way the other raters were using theirs or if they had defective units, but I can say that my experience has been very good with this antenna. One is attached to a Yamaha receiver that is 12 years old and the other is attached to a Yamaha HTR-6090 7.1-Channel Digital Home Theater Receiver. I have two of these and I make sure that they are clear of any other wiring near the loop. The gain has to be adjusted to signal strength and depending upon where the station you are tuning into is located, the gain may have to be adjusted. I get good quality on both.
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