XHDATA AN-80 Portable FM/SW Radio Antenna Signal Booster – Easy to Use Suitable for Various Radio with Retractable Cable Totaling 7 Meters Black

I took a chance on buying this pocket antenna, I’m certainly glad i did. I’d just bought myself a pocket sized, SW,FM,MW,LW radio receiver, that has a 3.5mm antenna jack. I walked to the top of three high hills in my local area, each with a clear view of a different direction. Each in turn, after setting up the antenna, gave me a clear signal on different stations, especially on FM and SW. The seven meter extension long wire has two different connections, one being the 3.5mm jack, as well as a telescopic antenna slide on connector, both work well but the 3.5mm jack works better. For less than £10 it’s worth every single penny and is now irreplaceable as a part of my outdoors radio system.

This is good to have whether indoors and more particularly, outdoors. It clarifies the sound and gives greater reception. Pocket size and a decent weight , with a clip for antenna as well as clip and string to hang object whether camping or inside building. Would definitely recommend

1. Gives a great improvement to SW and VHF radio reception2. So does a length of any old scrap wire you happen to have lying around3. It's neat and tidy4. The rewind is a bit fiddly, but if they included a knob instead of a little dimple, it wouldn't be quite to neat and tidy.

Item arrived incomplete: the clip-on adaptor for the telescopic whip was missing from package which was a nuisance and limits usefulness.

I was sceptical at first, mainly due to how cheap it was! But was really impressed with it, actually well-made lightweight. Would be easy to take with me when wild camping when trying short wave radio out. Don’t know whether it’s designed to, but use the included clip to put it onto a small telescopic aerial on a DAB radio. Previously we only receive 6 to 8 stations. Now receive 90 really clearly definitely definitely worth the money

Simple idea. Works a treat portable short wave listening.

I got this with the xhdata d-328, just to give it a go. It works surprisingly well. A definite signal boost. Very fragile looking gizmo, but gentle handling, and i'm sure it will last a long time. Brilliant idea.

I bought this for a small handheld radio for use with shortwave stations and lower frequency ham transmissions. For the price the quality is generally good and it works well allowing the antenna wire to be easily stowed away when not in use. And it can be clipped to a telescopic antenna or plugged into a 3.5mm socket, which covers pretty much all my usage scenarios. Plus, the size is small enough to easily slip in a pocket for expeditions and seaside picnics.However, I have knocked one star off for a minor problem. As my photo shows, the hanging clip is very fragile. Partly that's due to thin plastic with dainty hinges, but largely it's because the spring is much too strong for the clip design. So I took it out of the box and lightly pressed the ends together and boinggg - it rapidly disassembled itself. I put it back together a couple of times and the same thing happened. So I've attached another clip in its' place and all is now well in the world of my antenna.