Reddit reviews Parts Express FM Dipole Antenna

http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-FM-Dipole-Antenna/dp/B000M9EREE/

You can actually use speaker wire for an antenna or buy some Parts Express FM Dipole Antenna https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000M9EREE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_-SfyCbXCP3R9J

75 ohm antenna

thing that makes impedance 300ohm

They work the same, the adapter is to hook up rabbit ears to use for a fm antenna

Flat water is a great conductor of radio waves. Drive down to the water, late at night, and tune your AM radio to a station there. It will probably be coming in loud and clear.

105mi is a bit of a trip for during the day and especially on FM, but if you have a receiving antenna like a dipole you might be able to tune in. (Not affiliated with that Amazon seller, it was just the first link that came up for dipole. Super easy to make one of your own.)

Lastly, radio stations in Cuba are available on livestream. Unless the US government blocks it, of course.

You can simply use a pair of wires, other wise there are other compact dipole antennas around that can sit behind it.

https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-FM-Dipole-Antenna/dp/B000M9EREE

That metal tube I believe is the AM Antenna. What you can do is buy something called an FM Antenna. It looks something like this. That is American side, I do not know the UK equivalent. I would recommend just going into your generic audio parts shop (Whatever the UK equivalent of radio shack is and getting help).

Second you need to fix your speakers. Put both on A Speaker Right and Left. Or B Speaker R + L but not as it currently is B Speaker Right and A Speaker L. A + B speakers are there for you to hook up two sets of speakers and allows you to change from A to B speakers via dial or you can use both A + B speakers together although the volume will be a little less overall since you are trying to power more.

Real ch 6 is a VHF-low channel. The Freevision uses a loop for VHF-high reception so it could be expected to be bad at VHF-low.

Channel 6 is right beside the FM band. A popular solution for your part of the world is to get a FM antenna and combine it with a UHF antenna. I mean something like this:

• https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-FM-Dipole-Antenna/dp/B000M9EREE/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Push-quot-Balun/dp/B0002ZPIOQ/
  
  You could use a UHF/VHF combiner to combine it with the antenna you are using for UHF (the Freevision for example). Examples:
  
  
• Stellar Labs 33-2230
  
• Pico Macom UVSJ
  
• Antennas Direct VHF/UHF combiner
  

Real CH2 and CH6 are down near the FM frequency range, your antenna won't even see those signals. Your signals are strong enough that an FM antenna would probably work and you don't need the amp. I'd get a FM folded dipole antenna (the T-type that you tack to the wall) like THIS and connect it to a Balun like THIS and then use a regular two-way coax splitter like THIS to combine the signals from the FM antenna and the 1ByOne into the TV/Tuner.

Hard to tell from the pics, but that black thing is the AM loop antenna. For FM you need one of these

Search for FM Dipole antenna.

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Something like this https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-FM-Dipole-Antenna/dp/B000M9EREE

So I thought it was a single wire but it turns out it's not.

Here's what the connector looks like. Is this the correct type of antenna to get?

I bought one of these and cut it down for 144.39Mhz (22.5in IIRC) for APRS:

https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-FM-Dipole-Antenna/dp/B000M9EREE

If you want another range you can cut accordingly.

Don't forget the F type balun:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002ZPIOQ/ref=pd_aw_fbt_23_img_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WVAR63WQK6KZVGP0GTRK

and an adapter to fit on your rtlsdr:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CP17WMG/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469591788&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=mcx+male+to+sma+female&dpPl=1&dpID=31Q6jniv9vL&ref=plSrch