Eton E1 Radio -and- The "Green" Antenna for AM/MW Radio Reception
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Shortw.../message/11921

WAS - Is It True The Eton E1 Radio Uses The Whip
For An AM Antenna ?

- - So for AM work, one should plan on using
- - an external AM loop with the E1.
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- Someone should produce an external MW ferrite rod
- accessory antenna for the E1. It could be mounted
- on top of the case and would rotate like the
- ferrite rod on the Panasonic RF-2200.
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- The signal output of the rod would connect to one
- of the external antenna inputs of the E1 with
- proper impedance matching, if necessary.
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SG - They have one it is called the "Green" Antenna ~ RHF
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On Jan 1, 10:42 am, Stephan Grossklass
wrote:
As I understand it, the E1 is still quite closely related to the Drake
SW8 and thus the Sat 800 when it comes to the internals. The SW8 did not
feature any internal antennas and was to be used with external ones.
Then the Sat 800 had a ferrite antenna, and folks promptly complained
about a multitude of strong birdies on MW (I guess the receiving
sections are decently shielded but the microprocessor and stuff are not,
which didn't matter in the original design). Now much the same
electronics are inside the E1, and people are complaining that it
doesn't have a ferrite antenna...
That a top-notch portable like this should normally have one (of a
considerable length nonetheless) is another matter - electrical antennas
are just about useless when the least bit of nearby RFI is present. So
for AM work, one should plan on using an external AM loop with the E1.

Oh, and it's true that RDS for FM wouldn't have hurt either (a real
Grundig would have had it) - we have a 15 EUR kitchen radio featuring
RDS including CT, so it's not like the chips would be terribly expensive
or anything (apparently there's a Rohm BU1923 inside that one).

Stephan
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