[Hallicrafters] Re: An AM antenna

[Bill Krause]

Dan,
          Thanks, I thought I saw an ad in either Monitoring Times or 
Pop Com last night for an AM antenna from Crane. Crane looks better than 
Universal in this area.

                                                    Bill

DAN COTSIRILOS wrote:

>Bill I forgot Crane makes some nice loop ant too!
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>http://www.ccrane.com/am-antenna.asp
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Krause" <bkrause at sos.net>
>To: <SkyWires at yahoogroups.com>
>Cc: <swl at mailman.qth.net>; "hallicrafters-mailman.qth.net"
><hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>; <ShortWaveRadio at yahoogroups.com>;
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>Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 12:55 PM
>Subject: [Hallicrafters] Re: An AM antenna
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>>I know almost nothing about AM radio reception and while I am not fixed
>>on becoming  a BCB DXer I would like to get enhanced AM radio reception
>>if possible. Using a variety of shortwave antennas ranging  from dipoles
>>with traps to long wires I get very little AM reception, day or night,
>>on any of my various Hallicrafters boat anchors or modern SWL rigs. I
>>have concluded that probably some, to maybe most of the issue, is
>>related to my geographic situation with nearby mountains, but I would
>>like to see if I can mitigate that and get some kind of reception. Would
>>my best bet be to try and work with one of my old Hallicrafters or
>>should I concentrate on one of the modern SWL rigs. How about antenna??
>>I have won one of Radio Shack's discontinued loop antennas and it should
>>be her this week. Any other thoughts on an antenna. I don't want to
>>spend a fortune on this, the budget is tentatively $100-$200. Shortwave
>>reception is certainly impacted but I am still hearing plenty of
>>stations, now I would like to hear a few AM ones.
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>>                                                 Bill Krause
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