Reddit reviews FM Dipole Antenna - Male "F" connector

https://www.amazon.com/FM-Dipole-Antenna-Male-connector/dp/B00EIB70N2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1505689913&sr=8-5&keywords=FM+antenna

this is a barebones antenna

I recommend an FM signal amplifier and an outdoor antenna

But FWIW.. FM radio is pretty dead since pretty much every station that broadcasts nowadays has an internet stream

I feel about 90% confident the meters don't work because you don't have an antenna hooked up to it. That's a badass tuner, I'd of loved to find it. Wonder how it would sound compared to my Kenwood KT-8300

Note that the Y526 is 7 feet long and 9 feet wide. VHF-low antennas are big. Normally they have to go outside.

Smaller antennas will just work worse. You can't beat the physics. If the bunny ears almost worked then it is very possible that a home made single element in the attic could work as the optimal width for the bunny ears put flat is 74.5" (ch 6):

http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/RabbitEars.html

Chances are your bunny ears were not that large.

Channel 6 is fairly close to the FM band. Instead of making something you could try a FM twin lead antenna in the attic. Example:

http://www.amazon.com/FM-Dipole-Antenna-Male-connector/dp/B00EIB70N2/

You would need a UVSJ and a short 75 ohm cable to get things connected to the existing system.

Edit: found an example of an FM antenna with built in matching transformer.

Edit2: it says that the FM antenna I used as an example is a scam and has no matching transformer. So do something like this instead:

http://www.amazon.com/Axis-PET-10-8110-Dipole-Antenna/dp/B000EIOQBM/

http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Push-On-quot-Balun/dp/B0002ZPIOQ/

If the wife doesn't approve of wall mounted antennas, look into ways that you could have an alternate to the bow tie antenna. Try an FM radio dipole antenna - it's 2 wires stretched on the wall. Here's one with a coax connector https://www.amazon.com/FM-Dipole-Antenna-Male-connector/dp/B00EIB70N2?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2

Or invest in an outdoor antenna

An antenna could eliminate some additional costs, eg you can watch local news and some NFL games.

We have one of these in our living room and it's not that unsightly https://www.philips.ca/c-p/SDV8625T_27/digital-tv-antenna (then again, I'm the wife, and I have a ham radio license)