Terk Technology AF9330 AM/FM Antenna Tower

by Terk

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 4.8 x 5.6 inches ; 1.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00008N9M7
• Item model number: TOWER
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #20 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Audio & Video Accessories > Antennas > Radio Antennas
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 20, 2003

Product Description

The affordable high performance AM-FM antenna / Adjustable gain amplifier / Air Coil technology

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

78 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Almost completely useless, October 12, 2004

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Doug W. "twinular" (Hamilton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terk Technology AF9330 AM/FM Antenna Tower (Electronics)

I was fooled. I thought, "Oh, a vertically polarized, amplified antenna ought to work pretty well, at least a little better than the antenna built into the power cord of my tabletop radio." Well, folks, it doesn't. In a few minutes, you can make a very simple passive dipole antenna (i.e., a hunk of wire, basically) with a piece of 300-ohm flat twin-lead wire (you know, the stuff that's flat with two wires about a 1/4" apart in molded plastic...goes for about a dime a foot) that works better for FM. I know because I did a side-by-side comparison between the Terk and my homebrew dipole...the dipole pulled in the station I wanted in stereo while the Terk antenna could only get me a noisy mono signal at any gain setting. As a radio hobbyist (licensed ham radio operator), I am ashamed to admit that I fell for this one, so please don't tell anyone.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work at all, August 16, 2004

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M. Speechley (Newark, DE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terk Technology AF9330 AM/FM Antenna Tower (Electronics)

Terrible. Tried several positions (flat and upright), nothing seemed to improve reception. May as well not have been plugged in at all. Let's say the 1 star is for the lighted green dial on the front, since I can't give it zero stars...

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars don't waste your money, January 4, 2004

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cleverer (portsmouth, nh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terk Technology AF9330 AM/FM Antenna Tower (Electronics)

doesn't work for me - i live an hour north of boston and an hour south of portland - not the best area for reception but the little wire antenna that came with my stereo works a lot better than this