"Rich Wood" wrote in message
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On 8 Mar 2004 05:16:42 GMT, (Sheellah) wrote:
I love the Coast To Coast show with Art Bell, but I get a lot of signal
drifting at night listening in Brooklyn. It's fine on the weekends where
it
comes in on WABC, but during the week the signal is very weak on 1110 AM.
Would
a longer range radio like the GE 7-2887 Superadio III help, which has
station
selectivity and sensitivity, or is a digital radio better where I can
preset
the channel. Would that help lock it in, and adjust for drift?
Either the GE Superradio of the CC Crane CCRadio Plus with the Crane
Active AM antenna might help. WGY is going to be a problem (WABC and
WGY are the same power) because you have WNYC-AM at 820. Your radio
would to be very selective to pick up WGY without splatter from WNYC
even though it's only 1KW at that time of the night.
There are several antennas that couple inductively (without a wired
connection) to receivers like the GE (my choice on price:value ratio) or
Crane and which allow nulling locals or semi-locals to get distant stations.
A visit to rec.radio.shortwave (where AM distant reception is also
discussed) will produce a number of helpful responses... and a hungry troll
or two, as well.
Depending how badly one wants to hear shows, there is also the chance of
moving into a communications receiver like the ICOM R-75 ($500 range) and
its ilk; an antenna like the Kiwa (discontinued, but available on e-bay) or
others is advisable.
The advantage is that such a receiver adds shortwave, an entertaining albeit
anachronistic, feature.