On 13 Jun, 14:41, Daxiuyi wrote:
On Jun 13, 8:53 pm, wrote:



On Jun 12, 10:20 pm, Daxiuyi wrote:

G'day everyone,

I've got a Sony SW7600GR, and it's been going great guns for me for
the past 4 years or so. I now feel that I'm ready to take a step up
and try using a more powerful antenna (atm I'm just using the supplied
wire loop antenna that couples onto the whip antenna). Unfortunately I
live in an apartment complex, so that rules out outdoor antennae
*sigh* I also don't feel I have the necessary confidence to build my
own antenna at the risk of frying my radio (which would be very
difficult to replace - can't seem to find anywhere in Australia that
sells them anywhere).

I'm thus looking at the Sony AN-LP1, Kiwa Pocket Loop (with PRM) or
the AOR LA380. Now all are quite pricey, so I want to make sure I get
the right thing! Does anyone have any recommendations as to which ones
might offer the best performance? All three have been quite positively
reviewed, I'm just wondering which one out of the three might work
best with my receiver...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Daxiuyi
Sydney, Australia

PS: Have searched this group on this issue and while people have
recommended the Sony, it's always been in comparison to other window
loop antennae. I can't find any comparison between it and the Kiwa and/
or AOR. Also some of the comments on this have been a few years old,
and was looking for a fresh perspective

You can probably glue ~30 feet of wire on the outside of your
windows..

and if you are nimble, you should be able to toss some wire from one
window to the next;

that should help

Ok, my apartment is more than 30 storeys up, so tossing a wire is not
really possible. Plus my landlord's "a bit" fussy and so I can't leave
a wire glued to the outside.

So far I've been relying on stringing my supplied wire antenna around
my balcony. Besides, I feel it's time to give a more active antenna a
go

Any other suggestions?

I once made a connector that let me use the 'braid' of the TV aerial
cable as an aerial; it conveniently ran up the side of the house and
onto the roof and pulled in a great signal.

I have to agree with active aerials though, I use a DE31 when I'm in
hotels and they are a great solution.