[Hallicrafters] Re: An AM antenna

[Edward B Richards]

Well, Bill, with an antenna like that you should be raking in stations.
Maybe you have some local noise that is covering up the signals.

73, Ed Richards K6UUZ


On Sun, 02 May 2004 18:46:09 -0700 Bill Krause <bkrause at sos.net> writes:
> Good points. I am refering  to the traditional American (Medium?) 
> Wave 
> band of 540 KCs to 1,600 KCs (Now expanded just a bit??) My longest 
> wire 
> right now is around 85-90 feet. Conceivably could get it to 150'. 
> Getting it above the terrain  N, S,   and E of me is not remotely 
> feasable. The Pacific Ocean in the form of Puget Sound is 50 miles 
> West 
> of me. At this point my unscientific belief, based on very casual 
> observation would seem to sugest that the better boat anchors, in my 
> 
> case a Hallicrafters SX-71 and a Hallicrafters SX-42 are pretty 
> competive when it comes to sensativeity on the shortwave bands with 
> some 
> the moderate to higher end SWL orientated receivers.
> 
>                                               Bill Krause
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> 
> Edward B Richards wrote:
> 
> >Hi Bill;
> >
> >I am not sure what you mean by AM. AM is a mode not a frequency 
> band. Do
> >you mean the MF broadcast band or AM for short wave AM stations? 
> For the
> >MF, AM broadcast band a long wire as high and as long as possible 
> is best
> >unless you are trying to get a particular station. I find the boat
> >anchors do as well as the newer rice boxes. Even better when it 
> comes to
> >quality. Use a good ground and you should find a multitude of 
> stations at
> >night. I get Sacramento, Reno and Denver good here in southern CA 
> after
> >dark on a R/S $20 portable, no external antenna.
> >
> >73, Ed Richards K6UUZ
> >
> >
> >On Sun, 02 May 2004 12:55:20 -0700 Bill Krause <bkrause at sos.net> 
> writes:
> >  
> >
> >>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.
> >>
> >>                                                 Bill Krause
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