How To Make the BEST AM/FM Antenna (EASY) DIY Cheap PROJECT Walkthrough (V2) #howto #easy #diy

Video walk through with directions for an easy to build AM FM antenna.
A simple antenna design I found on the internet, once you find the right spot you will have decent reception from stations 50 to 75+ miles away.

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Music - Kevin MacLeod - Hyperfun

[tomjones]

For long range AM reception during the day connect an 80-120 turn coil of 26 AWG magnet wire wrapped on a paper towel tube to a 250 ft longwire, ground the other side of the coil and place it near a small radio. You can also connect the coil to two longwires without a ground with great results. Wrap coil close wound with no overlap of turns. Lightning likes these antennas so be careful! I always stretched the longwires out through the bushes or draped them over the lower tree limbs. You can also get one up vertical in a tall tree by tying a fishing weight to a rod and reel then throw it over the top of the tree then tie wire to line and pull it up into the tree. When not in use keep wire outside your window so lightning doesn`t come inside your house. Any type of insulated wire will work.

[SmaalWaterServicesNV]

That's the nicest most professional FM antenna I ever saw. What, it's even better than the store one.
And the instructions where so clear. No questions about what type of stick, no questions about what length, no questions about the type or length of wire. Wow, so impressed....

[JadeTheRock]

Does the pole need to have metal? Thanks so much!

[cradusie]

great video, i will try this out tomorrow for the radio at work!

[sirmordrede]

just put the wires on the back of the receiver and stick pin them to the wall, no need in a rod or stick of any kind.

[gwoo]

Thanks for your video, it really improved the reception in my shop.

[margyjr]

Hi and thank you for your helpful video, I have been trying to get good radio reception for over 1 year in my shed, and thanks to you, i now have great reception, definatly having it vertical does give you the best reception, Thanks again, Cheers Paul

[lowdown]

So would I have to make a whole other antenna for AM too? Or can I wire it to the same antenna?

[laineywright]

I wish you had shown the antenna mounted to the wall without all the video advertisements blocking the view. But, thanks for the video, it was beneficial.

[mungomidge]

Just plugging a wire in would do pretty much the same thing.

[markmartin]

Instructions unclear now Im being pulled over for drilling holes in my windshield to wrap the wire around the in glass antenna. . .
What do I do now?

[wendys]

Thank you! I have an old Pioneer receiver too, now I can hopefully get reception without buzzing! Worth a try.

[benjiminyoung]

Your steror back antenna conenctions are identicle to mine and I have wonderde how to connect to them. In you video you connected to thh FM, does this improve AM? Is there another connection for teh AM terminals?

[jamesproudlove]

Thank you for that, as I only get 1 station clearly. But I m going to use your method & get back to you.

[AlchemyMusicConcept]

Works great! I used an old metal curtain rod for more conductivity, not sure if that was the case.

[jimmieduncan]

How can I have it were I can hook up both AM and FM I have mine one antenna for FM and one for AM can you help me with this

[BrianSteelFactory]

I can confirm works for fm, I used a stick I sawed off of a tree and sanded that down a little

[kndvolk]

Music was played live during this video.

[foxprotocol]

The antenna impedance is 300 ohms and it needs a balun for 75 ohms input.

[sonnie]

This is how i got better reception for my receiver AM and FM stations. Measure from the back of your receiver to the bottom of your floor and add a few inches to it. Then cut speaker wire to that length you measured and make sure you add enough speaker to spread on the floor. Split the speaker wire in 2 pieces one for positive and one for negative. Then trim then trim the ends off to fit into the back of the receiver. Then put the 2 ends into the inputs one positive and one negative and run the wire all the way down the back touching the floor. I could not get any AM reception nothing but buzzing before this but as soon as the wire touched the floor i got good reception. The closest AM station is about 60 miles away and it worked for me. Now i set this up in my big unattached garage with a concrete floor and like i said it worked for me. I tried this pole thing and it did not work all i got was buzzing and could not get one AM station and by accident i found this worked for me. Now for FM i did the same process but i found out by hanging the wire up above the back wall worked better for FM. See if it works for you.