Get an MW loop, which is a (usually) 1-foot diameter hoop you put
next to the radio, and it matches the impedance so that the radio
hears down the the propagating noise floor, which is as sensitive as
you need to be.

We're talking daytime. At night, every radio is sensitive enough
because the problem is too many signals, not too few.

In the day you'll get say 300 miles range with a MW loop. I can hear
17 versions of Limbaugh at noon in Central Ohio at three time delays.

The two cheapest MW loops are simple passive loops, the Terk MW loop ~$40
and Select-a-tenna ~$60. Radio Shack used to have one ~$30.

Passive loops are good enough. Active ones are not better, just more
costly.

You can build your own but it's actually not worth it.
--
Ron Hardin


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