 Not Worth the List Price Strengths: Can boost some weak FM stations. Easy to install. Looks cool.
Weaknesses: No help with AM at all. No better than simple Dipole FM antenna unless you tweak using the "Pin Dot" system. Overpriced.
Summary: I managed to get a new one of these for $11.00 on EBay. I'm so glad that I did not pay the $59.00 list price (Circuit City) that the unit typically sells for.
I have a good tuner (Yamaha TX 950) which has a nice signal strength meter, and dual antenna inputs. I was able to do a direct comparrison with this Terk unit and a simple Dipole antenna that I bought from Radio Shack for $5.00. On the hands-off Wideband mode for FM the $5.00 dipole beat the Terk on every station. The only way to make the Terk beat the Dipole was to crank up the gain, and use the frequency selector to boost a specific frequency. This feature did prove useful for some very weak stations, and helped me justify the $11.00 I paid for the Terk. The Terk is absolutely worthless with AM. In fact, I could not pick up any AM stations with the Terk (including local stations). I hooked up the simple loop antenna that came with the tuner, and it does 110% better than the Terk.
I wouldn't recommend spending more than $15 for one of these. You will probably be better off with the $5.00 dipole antenna from Radio Shack. I plan to put a FM antenna in my attic, which is what I should have done from the start. You will probably see my used Terk on EBay soon.
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