Whip antennas are notorious for getting bent up or breaking or getting
mashed/kinked or coming loose.E1 radios (in my opinion) just look as
though they should have built in ferrite core antennas for AM recption.I
have many radios that have AM band plus some other bands too and every
one of them that have AM band,they all have a built in ferrite core
antenna.Sometimes,it might not be conveniet to pull up those E1 antennas
to use the AM band,for instance sitting in a cubbyhole or a small
space.It just seems to me that there is something missing from E1
radios.
cuhulin