1LtCAP 4,259 Posted January 19, 2019 ok. where the hell can I just walk in to an actual store and buy one of these things? it's for a denon avr-1802. just got this receiver for cheap. but the guy didn't have an fm antenna for it. i'd really prefer to not wait a week to order 1 online. wallyworld doesn't have one in their store in Somerdale...…..didn't have time to stop by otrher stores. starting to get really fed the $#%^&^ up with not being able to walk in a store and buy stuff like this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
High Exposure 5,635 Posted January 19, 2019 Don’t know if it is too far for you, but try IEI in Hazlet NJ. Give them a call and see if they have it: https://www.interstateelectronics.com/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gleninjersey 2,134 Posted January 19, 2019 Best Buy has them. If not in the store currently you can probably go to your local store and have it delivered to the store. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchpage.jsp?st=antennas+hdtv+tv+antenna+indoor&_dyncharset=UTF-8&id=pcat17071&type=page&sc=Global&cp=1&nrp=&sp=&qp=&list=n&af=true&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&keys=keys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scorpio64 5,120 Posted January 19, 2019 53 minutes ago, High Exposure said: try IEI in Hazlet NJ. Holy cow, those guys are still in business? That was one of my favorite places to go when I was an electronics nerd. It used to be Radio Shack on steroids. There was a really great Army/Navy store almost across the highway from them too. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniper 6,372 Posted January 19, 2019 2 hours ago, 1LtCAP said: where the hell can I just walk in to an actual store and buy one of these things? Any chance you have an old 75 ohm coax adapter and a set of rabbit ears that use to come with older TV sets? That would work as a FM antenna. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scorpio64 5,120 Posted January 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Sniper said: Any chance you have an old 75 ohm coax adapter It would be easier to build a time machine and go back to the 80's to grab one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
High Exposure 5,635 Posted January 19, 2019 7 hours ago, Scorpio64 said: Holy cow, those guys are still in business? That was one of my favorite places to go when I was an electronics nerd. It used to be Radio Shack on steroids. There was a really great Army/Navy store almost across the highway from them too. Yup. Army Navy store is still there too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,259 Posted January 19, 2019 i don't have one of those adapters. i went looking through my junk stash last night after i posted this. yea...i saw best buy has them listed, as does wallyworld, and home depot. but i'd have to still order it. what happened to the days of just being able to buy this stuff? right now, i've just got a bluetooth transmitter sitting on top of the unit so it'll pick it up and playing classic rock on pandora. it feels like the days of brick n mortar stores are coming to a disturbingly fast end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRIZ 3,365 Posted January 19, 2019 Amazon has several from another $10 up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniper 6,372 Posted January 19, 2019 8 hours ago, Scorpio64 said: It would be easier to build a time machine and go back to the 80's to grab one. Ha I have two in my misc electrical parts box. How many do you need? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1LtCAP 4,259 Posted January 19, 2019 1 hour ago, GRIZ said: Amazon has several from another $10 up. i saw those, and in fact ordered a cheap one. my point of being pissed off though is that just as recently as 10 years ago, there'd have been several stores i could just walk in to, pick one out, and buy it. right there. no need to order it from anywhere. pay cash, and have the product i want. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GRIZ 3,365 Posted January 19, 2019 2 hours ago, 1LtCAP said: i saw those, and in fact ordered a cheap one. my point of being pissed off though is that just as recently as 10 years ago, there'd have been several stores i could just walk in to, pick one out, and buy it. right there. no need to order it from anywhere. pay cash, and have the product i want. I agree. You used to be able to go to places like Radio Shack or Lafayette or Arrow Electronics, or dozens of small places and know they would have it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dilbert1967 145 Posted January 19, 2019 You might want to try Ace or Tru-Value Hardware. Or better yet, an independent hardware store. They seem to have stuff no one else has. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites