Indoor AM Loop Ant Test
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I use mine with a 1957 Grundig-Majestic table radio. It's really cool to see the tuning eye tube "perk up" when tuning the antenna !
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looks like a biscuit tin to me.
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Que radio é esse?
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is that an AOR AR-2002 ?
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Wow, thank you. It sure works, great gain with that antenna! At night doing AM DXing does it pull in QRM with signal or does it clean up signal? Thanks.
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I also own one of those Select-A-Tenna and use it in conjunction with my GE Superradio III AM radio as well as my Grundig Satellit 800 receiver. It seem to work quite well. I have to turn off my main desk top computer or else the RFI noise from the computer wipes out a section of the AM broadcast band. Maybe one of these days I'll do a demo video as well using the Select-A-Tenna.
73 and Gud DX'ing, Bill, KI7F
Denver, Colorado, USA
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yes, but what sort of biscuits lol
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I wish I had one as a kid too! Select-A-Tenna is a tried and true simple MW loop. Inside is a wire windings attached to a variable capacitor. I also have the Terk brand AM Advantage and a vintage RadioShack brand loops. They work best when aimed in the direction of the desired station like a wheel. The windings of the loop should be parallel with the windings of the radio's ferrite core antenna. Nice video demo! I'm in Florida, but lived in Timaru in '73 & '74. Beautiful country!
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That receiver would have to be a DR48. I bought one back in 1979 and still have it albeit stored away in a cupboard. Used to be very active on the bands up to the late 80's. Good to see people still experimenting in this field.
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oh yeh, so what do you think is inside this thing. It seems like it has only 0ne moving part in it. Possibly some kind of magnet on a rotating bar or lever???
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I have one of these....they have made them for "years". They are fantastic. Usually the difference it makes is dramatically better on any AM station.I wish I had known about these when I was a kid. I have been an AM radio fan since childhood and always loved to try to find far off faint stations. It is a shame the way AM radio in the USA has changed over the years.
yes the scanner is the AOR 2002
jashoon 1 year ago