ECJ:

Wind ~10 turns of ~22 gauge wire on an old ferrite loopstick rod, use mini
coax connected to this loopstick over to a window, if the window frame is
at gnd potential, hook the braid of the coax to it (if not, look for a
close gnd), take the center coax lead out, around, through the window and
to a random length wire. (once I was in the middle of an office floor in
a cubical, popped the coax up to ceiling tile, then across the top of the
tile to the window.

Now it is only necessary to move the ferrite rod and coil (you can wrap it
with electrical tape to make it secure) around the am radio case to find
the internal ferrite loopstick which the one you constructed will now
couple to, just tune in a weak station and move it around, you will know
when you find it and have it orientated in the correct direction, tape it
in place and you are good to go!

.... adapt the above as necessary...

John

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 18:44:32 -0700, ECJ wrote:

My radio is in the middle of a building out in the country and I can't
seem to pick up am radio. To solve this problem I tried using speaker
wire to extend it approximately 25 feet to the window in the office
next door reconnecting it to the loop antenna that came with the radio.
I had no luck. Is speaker wire an effective way to extend an AM
antenna? If so what would be the best way to get better results. I
thought maybe tinning the end of the speaker cable that goes into the
radio , as well as soldering the speaker wire directly to the am
antenna instead of just wrapping it might help. Any suggestions are
appreciated.

ECJ