You need to tune the antenna in conjuction with the radio. It's a bit
of a pain in the DxAss. I know someone who got a select antenna at the
local flea market and found it to be effective with a Sony 7600.

I personally don't like tuned loops (which is what the select antenna
is). If you have a decent radio, it is better to just use a loop like
the Wellbrook, and let your radio do the filtering. In fact, when we
did comparisons with the Kiwa and the Wellbrook, you couldn't tell the
difference between them on his R8B. The Wellbrook had a higher reading
on the S-meter, but when you use amplified antennas, the reading isn't
as important as how the signal sounds. That is, with front end gain,
you can get just about any S-reading you want.

http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/am-an...lar-model.aspx
My recollection from seeing this in the flesh is the plastic was kind
of cheesy.


wrote:
That first Sangean radio I bought from ccrane,the one Art Bell and
George Noory tout so much.At the same time,I bought a Select A Tenna to
use with that radio.Maybe it was the Sangean radio or some of my old
beat up radios,(as in,no hope for those old radios) but I didn't detect
any improvement whatsoever with that antenna,so I sent both items back
to ccrane.I am glad your Select A Tenna works ok though.
cuhulin

I've had an Original Se;et A Tenna
now for over 10- years. It works
very good with some radios and not very well with others. I use it with
my Zenith Transoceanic R7000-1
and it does a terrific job, pulls the sifnals out of the "mud". The
original only works with radios that have builtin ferrite rod antennas.
It's kind of cheesy looking, yes for sure. But it is relativly cheap
and works well and LASTS. Very well made annd once bought it costs
nothing to operate.
I ytoed it with a neighbors ATS909 and it was mediocre at best. He bit
the bullet & bought one of to Twin Ferrite loops from CCrane ..it
worked well with the 909 and no better then the Selectatenna with my
Zenith. Evidently the ferrite rods size
and position in whatever radio used is a big factor.

Charlie
Essex, Md.
Drake R8B
Palstar R30CC
Sat800
Zenith t/o r7000-1

On 26 Jan 2006 00:46:28 -0800, wrote:

I've had an Original Se;et A Tenna
now for over 10- years. It works
very good with some radios and not very well with others. I use it with
my Zenith Transoceanic R7000-1
and it does a terrific job, pulls the sifnals out of the "mud". The
original only works with radios that have builtin ferrite rod antennas.
It's kind of cheesy looking, yes for sure. But it is relativly cheap
and works well and LASTS. Very well made annd once bought it costs
nothing to operate.
I ytoed it with a neighbors ATS909 and it was mediocre at best. He bit
the bullet & bought one of to Twin Ferrite loops from CCrane ..it
worked well with the 909 and no better then the Selectatenna with my
Zenith. Evidently the ferrite rods size
and position in whatever radio used is a big factor.

Charlie
Essex, Md.
Drake R8B
Palstar R30CC
Sat800
Zenith t/o r7000-1

The worse the built-in antenna the moredifference the SAT makes.

I used to get WLS in the daytime in Texas in the winter on a Magnavox
AE-3805 with a Selectatenna.

I can pick up WLS (nightimes) on my worst old beat up radios.WLS is
easy.
cuhulin

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:19:18 -0600, wrote:

I can pick up WLS (nightimes) on my worst old beat up radios.WLS is
easy.
cuhulin

I said in the daytime, Beetle Baily.

David wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:19:18 -0600, wrote:
I can pick up WLS (nightimes) on my worst old beat up radios.WLS is
easy.

I said in the daytime, Beetle Baily.

I'm still surprised people can hear it at all. I had trouble hearing WLS
when I used to hang out near O'Hare Airport.

--
If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination,
my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin.

On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:20:54 -0600, clifto wrote:

David wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:19:18 -0600, wrote:
I can pick up WLS (nightimes) on my worst old beat up radios.WLS is
easy.

I said in the daytime, Beetle Baily.

I'm still surprised people can hear it at all. I had trouble hearing WLS
when I used to hang out near O'Hare Airport.
This was 10 years ago.

Magnavox thingys are underated and underappreciated.Magnavox made some
of the very best Radios in the World,bar none.It just so happens,my dumb
old webtv set top boxes are all Philips Magnavox webtv dumb old set top
boxes.And,Yes,I do own some old Magnavox Radios too.
cuhulin

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:24:06 -0600, wrote:

Magnavox thingys are underated and underappreciated.Magnavox made some
of the very best Radios in the World,bar none.It just so happens,my dumb
old webtv set top boxes are all Philips Magnavox webtv dumb old set top
boxes.And,Yes,I do own some old Magnavox Radios too.
cuhulin

It's a Chinese Philips.

I will never try out another Select A Tenna,unless I find one at the
Goodwill store for about fifty cents.Even then,I would feel like I am
wasteing that fifty cents.I would probally tie it on my little doggys
tail and let her drag it around this old hardwood floor.
cuhulin