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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... I'm not so sure the radio is usually the problem today. It's not that hard (or expensive) to make a decent AM radio. The problems with AM reception a - Noise. Yes. - Interference. Yes. IMHO the most important component of good AM reception is the antenna. I'm with you so far. A dime in the antenna is worth a buck in the receiver. A few hundred feet of wire hooked to just about any halfway-decent radio will bring in plenty of DX. True, but as long as we're talking hypothetical best-case scenario, I would opt for low-noise, directional antennas. You can't beat a long Beverage antenna, but a large-enough loop _properly installed_ away from metal objects and noise sources, will do well, especially if it's tiltable. A loop can be used to null interference and, being electrically short-circuited, is quiet. Crane's loop probably does a good job but I never bought one to try. I had a 4-foot-square loop that turned and tilted, and an SP-600 receiver, that made a good combination for AM DXing. SuperPros are overpriced now, IMO, but I believe the extra shielding paid off. As long as we're kvetching about AM, what bothers me is that so many stations just run satellite feeds and there is very little diversity in programming. Broadcasting has become too homogenized. It's fun to pick up distant stations but the program content that made it interesting in the past is rarely there. When you heard the hog report from some little town west of nowhere, you _knew_ you were DXing! "PM" |
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