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Your cart is empty.Improves the performance and reception of your shortwave radio Extends to 23 feet and can be easily rewound into its compact case Has 3.5-millimeter mini plug Fits any 3.5-millimeter external antenna jack Includes adapter plug
S. F. Shantar
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025
These sleeves were perfect to use set screw-type knobs with split shaft pots.
mark schmidt
Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2024
I run it across my ceiling in my bedroom and helps bring in extra signals. It's also very convenient for storage.
PDT
Reviewed in Mexico on January 4, 2023
cumple con su función
PhotoBubba
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2022
I ordered this 23 foot wide up antenna to use with the shortwave band radio I purchased.The good: The antenna does indeed improve the reception of the radio in the shortwave bands.The bad: When i went to wide up the antenna to put it away, I found that the plastic spinner that you are supposed to turn to wind it up was jammed. I tried all kind so ways to get it to work, but it simply wouldn’t wind up the antenna. I ended up taking the antenna apart and I found that the plastic it was made from simply had incorrect dimensions. I ended up shaving the outer edge of the spinner with a file to make it small enough, so it woudn’t jam. Eventually I got it to work smoothly, but it was a pain that I shouldn’t have had to deal with. Perhaps I should ahve spend a bit more money and bought an antenna from a more reputable vendor.
Rodney Reed
Reviewed in Australia on May 8, 2021
Works good in area that has lousy reception
thantsin
Reviewed in Singapore on May 3, 2021
T1 Compact Antenna. Should have include one more clip to hang for convenience.
Kurt k
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2021
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!
Lisa Marie
Reviewed in Canada on June 14, 2019
No tangle of wires, very easy to setup. The antenna simply clips onto the AM antenna of any AM radio making the reception excellent.
Andy Roberts
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 21, 2013
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.
Scott Meister
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2013
This makes a great accessory to any radio's built-in antenna. Of all the somewhat "negative" reviews that say it doesn't work well, or it's just another piece of wire...really doesn't understand radio wave propagation & how the atmosphere & the time of day really affects those incoming radio waves. I won't get into detail on how those work because it's a technical process to explain, but any Amateur Radio operator knows the point I wanted to make here.Clipping this onto the Kaito Voyager Pro while camping out in the middle of "nowhere" really helps pull in the radio stations. It's mostly used for shortwave, longwave & "worldband" frequencies, not for everyday "insert your favorite FM station here" kind of music station. It will help a bit, but not much. It's not designed for those bands.As far as getting it back into it's case...it's not a problem. Think of this scenario: when reeling up your garden hose, it reels up nicely if you use the whole reel, not just one side. In other words, reel it up while "tilting" it to the left then to the right, just like a garden hose or an extension cord onto a cord wheel. Use the whole wheel inside. It rolls up nicely with room to spare if done like this. Don't use the finger indentions to roll it up. Put your finger somewhere on the same side & spin. Don't use two fingers...it'll drive you crazy!I say it's a good buy for less than ten bucks. And it really helps pick up the atomic clock time server in Boulder Colorado on 20 MHz (or 20,000 KHz) at night. It's the strongest signal of the 5, 10, 15 & 20 MHz bands. Well, at least here on the East coast!
Ann E. Revelle
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2008
From what can be seen on the Amazon website as well as on other sites, this Kaito reel antenna (AN-03L) is essentially the same as the Sangean ANT-60 antenna (and 50 % cheaper in price!) right down to the supplied connector for a whip antenna (for radios without an external antena jack of any kind). The only notable, albeit quite small, differences are the presence of two separate finger holds used to reel the antenna back up when finished listening and a separate small attachment for hanging the unit up on a hook in the wall or on the ceiling, etc.). This Kaito antenna is designed to improve reception on FM/SW as well as for TV (UHF/VHF) and for the Weather bands for any such radio. AM (MW) reception is separately controlled by a ferrite antenna coil that is comonly incorporated inside of most radios. I have used this Kaito antenna on my Kaito KA1102. The antenna is 7 m (~23 feet) long which should usually be placed as high as possible near an outside door or window of any building for the best reception improvement. I have found an excellent improvement for weaker signals on the FM/SW bands (too long of an antenna can overload some radios like the KA1102, but this length of wire is perfectly adequate whereas other longer external antennas will not be. Always check your radio manual first before investing in a very long external antenna!). It must be remembered that the antenna not only allows an amplification of signal, but also of the prevailing background radio noise level so if it is very noisy at the time of reception at a certain frequency, the improvement in "hearing" may not always be as good as at other times when the background noise levels are much lower. Overall I am very happy with this very inexpensive purchase which is a simple passive fix for a generally quick improvement of signal strength for the weaker FM/SW radio waves.
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