[Milsurplus] Things that affect us all...

[Facility 406]

> Kurt, your B&W antenna mention reminds me of sonething i saw in a J. C. 
> Whitney catalog years ago. A coil - type addition to your car radio 
> antenna. "Improves reception !" I say BS. Massive BS. Car radios for the 
> MW BC band are designed for a short, low capacitance antenna.

Perhaps, but, maybe an AMBC loading coil, with 9' of stainless steel 
whip may help over the typical 39" job.

I used a 9' whip, with no coil at all on an old sports car, made a HUGE 
difference in reception.  Of course, it could have just been the much 
larger "aperture" for reception, 102", compared to 39".

I also used one to monitor AM in my old truck, but that with an Icom 
IC-706MKII and 12 foot whip, so no real A/B comparison, as there was no 
factory antenna for the stereo.

Where I live, everything is fringe, so I was thinking, just the 102" 
whip could help, then I read about an AMBC coil, so thought I'd try 
that, too, if I can find one.

XYL is looking for something for 660 kHz, but I was thinking of loading 
up the cargo rack on her little SUV, maybe a filter, even a pre-amp if 
necessary, as she doesn't want a huge whip.

Kurt