Best Antenna for Marantz 2500 + Pioneer sx- 1980 Receivers

[In The 21st Century]

Does anyone know where you can purchase a good antenna fpr these 2 receivers? I own both of these receivers, and had them fully restored, but where can find a good quality FM external antenna for the both of them? Does anyone sell them online?

 

[geraldfryjr]

The J-pole is the Best fm antenna I have used so far when it comes to omni directional antenna's and my FM receivers, a Discone is on my list next to build.
I built mine for 101Mhz for WRIF 101 from Detroit up here in Michigan and I am in Jackson +150 miles away no issues with it yet !!

Else, I still have my Tower,Yagi and Amp to boot..........
Once I get a new rotor system !!

Cheers !!

jer

 

[wiseoldtech]

Depending on location of FM stations, if close enough, a 30" hunk of wire off one of the antenna terminals would suffice. - I live in the city so that works fine for me.

Another is the simple "dipole tacked to the baseboard.
Best is a TV style antenna up on the roof or in the attic.

 

[rayma]

Does anyone know where you can purchase a good antenna fpr these 2 receivers?

If you mainly tune in local FM stations, then standard rabbit ears should work fine
if you try moving them around a bit.

 

[NareshBrd]

A Yagi array may be too much for local stations, it can give an overly strong signal.
Also check it for the frequency band if it is an old TV antenna.

Make sure the transmitters are on the same tower (that is usually the case).
Yagi array is the old TV antenna style.


But like Wise says above, not needed unless you have noise issues or you are far away from the transmitter.

 

[wiseoldtech]

Both of those monster receivers have a super-sensitive FM tuner, so even a hunk of plain wire hanging behind them is sufficient to pull in lots of stations.

 

[rayfutrell]

If you go to the website of Brian Beezley you can find all the information you will ever need on FM antennas.
http://www.ham-radio.com/k6sti/

 

[rayma]

I still say rabbit ears is the way to go.

 

[ejp]

Whatever you may get with the bits of wire or dipoles or rabbit ears or lengths of wet string being advocated here, your reception will certainly be much better with an external aerial. These tuners are sensitive all right, but their optimum SNR is still specified at 65dBf, or 1mV, which is nearly 500 times the rated sensitivity, in both cases.

 

[jackinnj]

They have a J-Pole calculator on the site.