C Crane is a bit pricey but their service is excellent and the people
are very nice. Sangean has made legendary radios and I enjoy one of
them on a daily basis. While the CCR may be too much for you they
apparently satisfy somebody or they'd quit making them.

Terk also makes a Select-A-Tenna-like device (looks less likely to
fall over).

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-2G17Ebh...sp?i=209AM1000

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:20:04 -0600, wrote:

An old saying goes,If It Sounds Too Good To Be True,It IS! Too Good To
Be True.
cuhulin

Michael wrote:

Always wondered how well these things worked? According the CC Crane Co.
they're the best innovation since 'Amplitude Modulation". Fine, but can any
real user chime in with some performance stats?

Seems to me that it's almost too good to be true, but once in a while a
great product does come out and is superb. So, any Select-A-Tenna users have
any opinions they wish to share? My brother wants a Sony AP1....might this
be a cost effective alternative. His use is near distant / local AM.


I have one and will tell you they are HIGHLY EFFECTIVE. All you need do
is set it next to just about any AM radio with an internal antenna and
tune it to the frequency where you want to listen and you will hear
stations CLEARLY that you couldn't even detect before.

Not only that, they can improve the selectivity of the AM radio. The
station I am listening to is about 25 miles south of where I live and
runs 1000 watts (I think). I cannot hear it at all without the
Select-a-tenna. However, there is a 10,000 watt station 20khz lower
about 2-3 miles from where I live. With careful tuning of both the
radio and the Select-a-tenna, I can easily hear the lower power station
25 miles away, and eliminate the closer higher power station on an
inexpensive AM radio.

The difference it makes is substantial. You can make one quite easily if you
dont want to buy one. BTW, they are not a ne product having been around in
one form or another for over 50 years.

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Always wondered how well these things worked? According the CC Crane Co.
they're the best innovation since 'Amplitude Modulation". Fine, but can
any
real user chime in with some performance stats?

Seems to me that it's almost too good to be true, but once in a while a
great product does come out and is superb. So, any Select-A-Tenna users
have
any opinions they wish to share? My brother wants a Sony AP1....might this
be a cost effective alternative. His use is near distant / local AM.

Thanks,
Mike T.

"David" wrote in message
news
http://www.grove-ent.com/ANT21.html

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:31:18 GMT, "Gary Brown"
wrote:

Please state condition and price shipped to ZIP 27513.

Gary
K4GPB

I found one!..and there's 6 more on eBay right now.

Amazon also has 5 reviews of the similar Terk AM Advantage

Gary
K4GPB

I would like to find some simple plans somewhere of how to build an
effective indoor antenna for AM radio.
cuhulin

wrote:
I would like to find some simple plans somewhere of how to build an
effective indoor antenna for AM radio.
cuhulin

from a Ham on another list whose handle is Bear

The Incredible Almost Ready to Patent Pizza Loop is operational!

15 turns of #24 around the perimeter of a 14" Papa John's Pizza box.
Two sections of the polyvaricap in parallel (about 500 pF) and it's
tuning just past both ends of the AM BC band. Nice sharp tuning and a
good null. Gotta play with the coupling loop. Started out with one
turn on the perimeter of the box... way too much signal for the Sony
to handle. Cut it down to 4" diameter centered in the box... not
quite enough coupling on the high end of the band. Now have it at
roughly 7" diameter and just a bit too much coupling. Gonna have to
play with it but I'll probably wait until after nightfall. Might have
to put a 100k potentiometer across the coupling loop to use as an
attenuator.

'Bear' NH7SR

Try Google. They're all over the net.

wrote in message
...
I would like to find some simple plans somewhere of how to build an
effective indoor antenna for AM radio.
cuhulin