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An indoor FM tuner better than the Terk FM+?

I am looking for an indoor FM tuner that will do better than the Terk FM+.

It is not that I am really unhappy with the Terk - for $13 it does a pretty darn good job. Its just that I need to get another antenna anyway and I figured there has to be something better out there.

WAF is big so I am looking for something unobtrusive.

I tried a Tune trapper antenna but it wasn't any better for me.

I was thinking of trying the Godar but the reviews seem mixed. Any other suggestions?

Mark
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mapman
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I have a Godar. It works well but not better than others like Terk on some tuners and totally bombs on others. It seems to like analog tuners OK but it flat out does not work with digital tuners from what I see. Mine is sitting unused in favor of a traditional folded dipole.

If you'd like to try it I'd be happy to sell it to you for a pittance since it is sitting unused at present.

I don't think any indoor antenna is categorically better than the Terk or even a simple folded diploe in my experience. You have to go to an outdoor antenna usually to do better for sure. Or, just switch to internet radio and forget about antennas altogether.
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mapman
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Sure, just pop me an email and we can probably work something up.

I have that and several other items that I am not using currently that I plan to put up for sale shortly when I have some time including a Musical Fidelity A3CR power amp, Carver c-6 pre-amp, dbx 3bx mkii dynamic range enhancer NAD 7020 receiver (maybe) a Linksys Wireless G router and a 500Gb Lacie networked file storage drive.
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