I bought this antenna to use in a rural area on a panasonic radio that comes only with a small wire antenna. My old boom box (which died) had a 30" telescoping antenna and pulled in several dozen stations. The Terk pulled in one on the new Panasonic. Thinking that the problem might be with the radio, I plugged in the wire antenna. The reception improved to a handful of stations. Next, I tried rabbit ears left over from the pre digital TV era. Once again, I was able to pull in several dozen stations. It's pretty bad when a simple wire antenna outperforms the Terk. Don't waste your money on this item. I could have returned it to Amazon, but the shipping costs would have been more than the refund.