C. Crane FM Reflect Antenna

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Antenna	Radio
Brand	C CRANE CO
Color	White

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Quick and easy way to improve FM reception
Works well with HD Radios
8-foot feed line
Indoor Use

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Product description

Our best indoor FM Antenna that also works wonders with HD Radio. A quick and easy way to improve the FM reception of your portable radio or stereo receiver is with an affordable FM Reflect Antenna. The FM Reflect can be bent and shaped to get the best reception from the circular polarization now used by many FM stations. If you've made the leap to HD radio, the FM Reflect is also one of the few antennas that tested well with the new digital signal. Compared to other indoor FM antennas, the FM Reflect achieves a high signal-to-noise ratio and is less susceptible to interference from surrounding objects and people. The dipole design is more powerful than a standard dipole antenna, and delivers maximum gain across the entire FM broadcast band. Unlike ordinary dipoles, with the FM Reflect Antenna there is no fall off near the end of the FM band. In other words, this is a good FM antenna. National Public Radio Labs has performed some HD Radio reception tests using the FM Reflect and other FM antennas Size: 54" all-copper element with an 8-foot feed line. Weight: 8.5 oz. Comes with "F" connector, balun spade connector and alligator clip. Limited Lifetime Warranty.

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Product Dimensions

2 x 8 x 8 inches

Item Weight

12 ounces

ASIN

B000EFHPKO

Item model number

FMW

Customer Reviews

123 ratings

3.5 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#2,140 in Radio Antennas

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Yes

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White

Manufacturer

C CRANE CO

Date First Available

January 30, 2006

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Josh Lehan

No better than generic $3.00 ribbon dipole

Reviewed in the United States on October 27, 2010

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After installing this antenna, I found it to be no better than the generic $3.00 ribbon dipole antenna I already had. Obviously, this was a disappointment.

Good points about this antenna:

* Antenna has the "cable TV" style of connector, making hookup easy. If the older "spade lugs" style is required for your radio, it includes a converter.

* Attractive thick white plastic, blends easily against an office wall.

* Thicker metal inside the antenna, smooth plastic coating, it feels very well made.

Bad points about this antenna:

* It's SMALLER than it looks! My generic dipole was about double the size of it. Smaller surface area means worse reception.

* Difficult to anchor the ends of the antenna to a wall, forming the "T" shape. The only provided hole on each side is very small for its height, making it nearly impossible to push a pin or nail through without damaging the antenna. This is unlike the generic ribbon dipole, where the center of the ribbon is thin transparent plastic that's easy and harmless to punch a hole through.

* Worst of all, the reception is no better than what you get for a common $3.00 dipole.

This antenna is a disappointment, and I expected better from C. Crane.

About the only time I'd recommend this antenna is if looks matter, and you're limited to a small space (perhaps an office cubicle wall). Because of its smaller size, it would blend in nicely.

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Ron

I use it as an HDTV indoor antenna with good reception!

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015

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I am using this as an HDTV antenna. I'm not sure why, but it works fine. I have a tri-level home and use two of them, one for my downstairs HDTV which scanned 48 channels including all network stations. I have this one located behind my TV on the back of the entertainment center which is backed to a brick exterior wall. My upstairs set scanned 70 stations and is located behind a bookcase backed to a wood exterior wall. The downstairs set does loose the signal (freezes etc) at times, but the upstairs one has never had bad reception, Both have teen there about two years now.

I originally purchased it a few years ago to use with an HD Radio I'd just bought. In that set up the station reception improved, but my Cambridge HD Radio had a constant humming noise when the thing was turned off but plugged in, drove me crazy so I got rid of the radio but kept the antenna and decided to try it with the TY when HDTV's came out. Glad I kept them!

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Philip A.Cohen

It works!

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2009

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Recently, I upgraded my home theater with a new "Integra" A/V processor(I.E. tuner/preamplifier) whose tuner has HD radio ability. So I programmed in all the local English language AM & FM stations. Unfortunately, with the thin piece of wire that "Integra" supplied(with the A/V Processor) as an antenna, I could only get a stable signal on one FM HD station. On all other FM stations, the tuner would drop in and out of HD radio, going back to the analogue version of the station. So I bought the C.Crane "FM Reflect" antenna, and it works perfectly, and I now have a perfect,stable signal on all local FM HD stations,,,,,,,and this is before I even properly attach the "FM Reflect" antenna to a wall(right now, I just have the "FM Reflect" antenna draped over my stack of audio components, with the antenna in an upside-down "U" shape). Probably, if I nail the antenna to a wall in one of the three suggested formations(I'll try shaping the antenna like the letter "T") it's possible that I could program my AM/FM tuner again, successfully receiving(and programming into my tuner) even more stations.(the "FM reflect antenna" has small holes in the two white plastic pieces at the two extreme ends of the antenna, where you can hammer nails through to attach the antenna to a wall). I had asked participants on an internet forum to recommend an indoor HD radio antenna, and several people recommended this one. The price is reasonable, and it does the job. I'm delighted. (I should note that I live in an area,South Florida, where the land is flat. I don't know how well the antenna would work in different terrain.)

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George Sarant

Works well at pulling in signals

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014

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This antenna is easy to install and works well once you've got it configured properly for your area. I wanted to be able to pick up the secondary channels on my digital FM tuner and they show up and work fine. Precise configuring is tedious though as you get dropouts if it is not aligned perfectly. Another thing to note is this thing is large when spread out and takes a lot of real estate. I have my components in a stereo closet where the space is not sufficient to accommodate it fully extended, but it still works if you bend the sections the right way. That takes some trial and error. Since I'm only really interested in the classical station in NYC I positioned it around that and the sound is satisfactory. You'll also pick up more digital information on the tuner screen than you would with an inferior antenna. I would love something more compact, but in the absence of that this does the job.

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Marty Kerner

Excellent, but very sensitive to positioning

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2018

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I’m very pleased with the performance of my C. Crane antenna. It’s very large improvement over a powered Radio Shack antenna (that, in fact, was no better than a $5 folded dipole) bringing in 20 stations clearly in a building in downtown Manhattan that’s in a neighborhood of tall buildings. The one note of caution is that the antenna’s performance varies greatly depending on the placement and orientation. When I first attached it, I set it up as a “T”, stretching the arms across the top of the wall unit housing my stereo equipment. The sound was terrible, with lots of noise on channels that I was receiving much better before. Had I stopped there, I would have rated this a “1”. Things changed when I experimented. Curving the arms into a circle (one of the configurations recommended in the little booklet that comes with the antenna) and stretching the attaching cable sideways worked very well. The sound now is excellent.

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