Kaito T-1 Radio Antenna

The antenna provides additional range for our emergency radio. Our original radio antenna was greatly restricted by our steel above ground shelter. The addition of the extra length antenna pulls in the weather channels very well.

It does what it says it does that's all it's not going to give you signals from around the world unless you using it on a shortwave radio other than that it can be used on regular radios it can be used with walkie talkies it can be used with shortwave radios it can be used with TVs to have small antennas that stick up other than that it's just an antenna extender

I ordered this because I was getting very little reception on my fm radio in my office. After attaching this antenna I can now hear static free music during my work day. Definitely worth the money.

Works as advertised.

Saw a Youtube video recommending this but I was still surprised how well it helped tuning in a local FM station I couldn't access otherwise.

Pros: Compact, Inexpensive, easy to deploy with very little friction, dual connection methods (plug or clip). Cons: A complete chore to wind it back into the container, as there is much more friction in that direction. It can take several minutes. It would be so much better if there was a single knob of some type to wind with, because the two small indentations are almost useless for winding any faster than a half turn at a time, using two fingers. A built-in spring, such as those found in a tape measure would be helpful as well. I would be willing to spend a couple dollars more for those two features. UPDATE: I took it apart and added some lubricant used for phono turntables to the center shaft and flat surface of the inner spool. I also noted that the small "knot" used to secure the wire to the center spool was creating friction against the center shaft, so I "squished" that a bit to keep it from touching the shaft. So much easier to rewind. The manufacturer should have come up with this simple solution.

A simple antenna that improved my shortwave reception.

I bought a retekess 618 radio here on Amazon. I was hoping to get better FM reception, but could not get my favorite station 70 miles away through trees and low mountains. I ordered this antenna to give it a try. The antenna clip on wire looked good. I got it yesterday and hooked it up inside. That did not work. This morning i passed the wire through the window and clipped it to the radio. I was going to run it along the roof and use all 25 feet. That was not necessary. With it just hanging out the window and resting on the ground, I connected it to the FM antenna and turned the radio on. The station went from nothing to crystal clear instantly with no static. I am not a radio person so this was a neat experiment. I learned a little about radios! It is a little hard to reel in but not bad. I only needed to reel it out for my purpose. I extended the wire 10 ft along the roof just for good measure. I think I could buy some wire and make one, but this is nice and professional and I did not have to scare up clips and wire or drive to the hardware store. I was lucky because my roof runs north and south, and the station is directly east, so the wire was automatically at right angles to the station. But it worked anyway just hanging out the window 4 feet to the ground. I recommend trying this. It worked great for me!

Works good in area that has lousy reception

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Saw a few previous reviews that weren't that good but thought I would take the plunge anyway. I have seen comments about problems with the winding mechanism but take your time and it winds in easily. Definatly makes a huge difference when plugged into my Eton G3, in fact often the bands come alive with stations that are just not audiable at all with the telescopic ariel. Time will tell how robust it really is but it's in regular use now and if it eventually breaks at this price I would just buy another.

T1 Compact Antenna. Should have include one more clip to hang for convenience.

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