I live in an area with very poor AM reception. My home is located in the mountains west of Denver. And for years from time to time I have tried every external AM antenna available and several different types of AM radios with no good results. The antennas included all of the TERK'sand CC Crane'sferrite loops both active and passive, dipoles, "long wire" antennas used by HAMS and a variety of active antennas with built in amplifiers with nogood results . My problem seems to stem from local inference radiated by my household and neighbor's AC wiring (noise from florescent lamps, computers, LANs, plasma TV's, motors, and light dimmers, etc) and generally weak AM signals shielded by the local terrain. My home does not have any line- of- sight to the AM transmitters I'm trying to receive from Denver 50 miles away. When I tried this antenna it was like magic. This puppy was the answer to all my problems.In the daytime it pulls in stations reliably from up to 90 miles with no static or noise and even farther if you don't mind a little static.I tried it in different locations outdoors and indoors, at ground level, in my garage, in my attic and on a pole above my roof. The performance was always excellent. At night I also received many of the 50,000 watt "clear channel" AM's from locations such as Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Chicago, Omaha and Dallas with surprising reliability.I couldn't be happier with its performance.
The Negatives:It's kind of large (38 inches in diameter) but I was easily able to hide it in my garage mounting it to a wall. It's somewhatdirectional and needs to be pointedgenerally in the direction of the stations you want to receive, but the instructions that came with it were very clear on how to do that so it was really no problem to set up ( it comes completely assembled).And of course the price is high, but given the amazing performance and all the money I had previously spent on inferior antennas that didn't work, it's well worth the investment. If you want the best, this is it.
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Product Description:
This design has long been recognized by professional broadcast engineers, the military and serious amateur radio operators as the ideal solution for Medium Wave radio reception with a relatively small antenna. It takes advantage of the fact that radio waves consist of two components, an electrostatic field (E-wave) and a weaker magnetic field (or H-wave). Unlike standard ferrite loops, dipoles and long-wire antennas, it's optimized to respond to the magnetic H-field component of the received signals and shielded from the electrostatic E-wave component of the received electromagnetic wave. Since most local interference (particularly AC power line radiated noise) has a large electrostatic E-wave component, it's exceptionally effective at reducing this kind of interference and making it possible to receive signals obscured by local man-made noise sources.-Wide Dynamic Range Low-Noise Preamplifier-The internal low-noise preamplifier is an extremely wide dynamic range differential type with exceptionally low inter-modulation distortion in the presence of high level signals. This is particularly important when trying to receive distant signals when the antenna is located near much higher power transmitters. The amplifier is powered via an included 12 VDC power supply and is optimized for maximum gain in the 500 kHz - 1700 kHz AM broadcast band. Unlike other loop antennas available, no special tuning is required for reception of the entire band.-"Figure Eight" Reception Pattern-This antenna is directional and has a "Figure Eight" reception pattern with deep nulls located at right angles to the open loop. This characteristic can also be used to help minimize interference that can be localized to a particular direction.-Location/ Mounting-It can be located at ground level outdoors or indoors in a garage or attic. Included is all required hardware for pole or wall mounting.
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