Charly wrote:
dead of night a écrit :
Hi.
A regular, unamplified, AM loop antenna came with my Sangean HDR-1
radio. What will happen if I insert this antenna into the 7600GR AM
antenna jack? Sony says not to use anything but its own recommended AM
antennas. Will I damage my 7600 GR if I experiment with this loop
antenna?


Hello

What kind of connector does this antenna have ???

Remember that Sony 7600GR has a "hot" antenna plug (i.e. some current is
provided to remotely switch on Sony antennas like Sony AN-LP1).

If you consider connecting the antenna with the 7600GR's antenna socket,
perhaps you check first wether the radio will support a shortcut between
the tip and the sleeve
Thanks for the help amd replies, everyone. Anyway I plugged in the
antenna and all AM reception completely disappeared! I unplugged it
and the otherwise excellent 7600GR AM reception returned.

That being said, I have a recent Sony SW100 radio with the same kind of
"hot" antenna socket, and I plugged-in successfully a home-made antenna
that is short-cutting tip and sleeve... Some older SW100 radio are said
not to support such things anyway....

So if your radio is not-so-old, it might work.


Charly

Disclaimer : I'm not a radio technical, I just speak according to my
experience, don't ask me to refund your radio in case of problem :-)