What are the BEST FM Antennas HELP

If you were closer I would suggest you come over to my place to see what the www.antennaperformance.com APS-13 Antenna will do. If you by a cheap antenna and you try to get anything but local stations you are doing committing your tuner to sucking a signal through a soda straw. I respectivefully disagree with any of the reviewers that you can take a simple dipole or one of the various car antenna whip types like the Magnum Dynalab ST-2 or Fanfare 2FMG and begin to approach whay you can do with a APS-13 or if necessary a APS-9 multielement array can do for you mounted outside. This is one of the greatest examples of proof is in the pudding arguments and one of the biggest no brainer choices there is. I simply did not know some stations were even on the dial till I upgraded to the APS-13. The Winegards are good but up to the APS-13 (check the number of elements on the mast).

Here are some VERY helpful web sites geared at maximizing your chances at getting the best FM Signal:

http://www.fmdxweb.com/

http://www.dxing.com/tvfmdx.htm

http://www.iprimus.ca/~hepburnw/tropo.html

I absolutely love non-corporate FM and have owned tens of tuners over the years. Trust me on this one, get a great FM ONLY (not TV/FM) Antenna and mount it outside on a rotor (antenna performance had (may still have) much of remaining stock of extra heavy duty rotors, something you will need during icing conditions or long term reliability).

PS: Here is a good article on the APS-14 (precusor to the APS-13):

http://www.wb2vvv.com/Articles/FMDXIN~1.html

Also, you should read the Stereophile article on the APS-13.

I suspect the answer is obvious but my question is: what is the risk of an outdoor tall antenna in Florida where lightning is very frequent?

The answer to the Fla question is electrifrying!!

I have very good results with my Dynalab tuner at 60 miles out, using the Radio Shaft FM yagi mounted high in my attic (for lightning protection) & 75' of RG6 coax. Very likely the Channel Master's, Wineguard's etc. would work better but for my minimal investment it's certainly cost effective.