In 1964, our family put up a turnstile nondirectional FM antenna along with the TV antennas at the top of a 30 foot tower. Under normal conditions, it received probably about 90% of the stations within a 60 mile radius on a regular basis in Genesee County, MI, which took in from the Tri Cities to Detroit Windsor, and to Lansing East Lansing. Not much to the east except Lapeer then.
Today, there are so many frequency duplications from the old fulll power stations, the drop ins in both Canada and the US, LPFMs, translators, and IBOC sidebands that unless you are just listening to strong local stations within 20 miles or so in many directions, it wouldn't be a good choice. Ideally, you want a high gain Yagi Log antenna with good F/B and narrow beam width, on a rotator, 20 to 30 feet up.
This design is similar to what we had starting in 1964.
Antennacraft FMSS FM Turnstile (two Folded Dipoles at 90-degrees to each other) analyzed using 4nec2. [Similar to Wade CFM-FM, Wade OFM-1 and Winegard HD-6010, except non-Folded is 75-ohm output.] Per FMSS Specs, Folded Dipole Elements = 55-in long with overall structure Height = 8-in...
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