Cheap DIY FM Antenna

Congratulations for living in an area where FM is still worth listening too. Marketing driven greed has killed the vast majority of them nationwide.

Well I have just recently had a renewed interest in terrestrial radio in my area (Dallas/Fort Worth). Things were getting pretty bleak there for a while and I had pretty much stopped listening to any FM broadcasts and had Sirius installed in my car. Jagger was taken off the air and replaced by Lex and Terry; 97.1 The Eagle (the only remaining rock station)was replaced by another station playing mexican music.

Now jagger is back on mornings on a dedicated talk station. The first non-commerical country station has popped up 95.3 The range. 97.1 the eagle is back on the air and even the classic rock station 92.5 has changed to a better mixed format of Southern rock/country. We also have a great community radio station 89.3 that has a great variety of formats from blues, reggae, country and many others. Classical 101.1 is a great classical station as well. Now we need a good jazz station and a better oldies station that focuses more on the golden oldies and we would have it all. Next I plan to get an HD radio tuner to check out the available digital stations in my area.

BTW that antenna worked fairly well. I was able to pull in 89.3 clearly which I was not able to do with the little string antenna it came with. I am still unable to pull in 95.3 which is disappointing but it is one of the weakest stations in my area.

Tommyv,Try kntu 88.1 for great jazz.Comes from Denton though.Might need a better fm Antenna.
Acman3

@acman3. How did you get Kntu 88.1 to come in clean what antenna do you suggest.  

Calvin, actually I only listen while driving, but I drive a lot.😊
I don't even own a tuner at home so I'm worthless on the antenna. Maybe try streaming?

KNTU is a great Jazz station. Whoever does programming is excellent.