I have a Pioneer model number SX-690 stereo AM/FM radio I bought at the
Goodwill thrift store a couple of months ago.On the back of the radio
there is what looks like to me an antenna that pivots from a horizontal
position to a verticle position.Is my radio the same model you have? Is
the antenna for AM or FM reception or both?
cuhulin

I have a beautiful old Grundig 5060 that has a ferrite antenna.
The concentric control behind the volume knob rotates it in a horizontal
plane.
I'll have to play with it today.
Lenny

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I have a Pioneer model number SX-690 stereo AM/FM radio I bought at the
Goodwill thrift store a couple of months ago.On the back of the radio
there is what looks like to me an antenna that pivots from a horizontal
position to a verticle position.Is my radio the same model you have? Is
the antenna for AM or FM reception or both?
cuhulin

Whip antennas are notorious for getting bent up or breaking or getting
mashed/kinked or coming loose.E1 radios (in my opinion) just look as
though they should have built in ferrite core antennas for AM recption.I
have many radios that have AM band plus some other bands too and every
one of them that have AM band,they all have a built in ferrite core
antenna.Sometimes,it might not be conveniet to pull up those E1 antennas
to use the AM band,for instance sitting in a cubbyhole or a small
space.It just seems to me that there is something missing from E1
radios.
cuhulin

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:51:12 -0600, wrote:

Whip antennas are notorious for getting bent up or breaking or getting
mashed/kinked or coming loose.E1 radios (in my opinion) just look as
though they should have built in ferrite core antennas for AM recption.I
have many radios that have AM band plus some other bands too and every
one of them that have AM band,they all have a built in ferrite core
antenna.Sometimes,it might not be conveniet to pull up those E1 antennas
to use the AM band,for instance sitting in a cubbyhole or a small
space.It just seems to me that there is something missing from E1
radios.
cuhulin

What a cool visual. Coohoo drinking beer on the sofa with his hound
dog and his WebTV wireless keyboard getting all tangled up with a
chrome plated, bent all to ****, telescoping whip antenna.
Priceless...

David wrote:
On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:51:12 -0600, wrote:

Whip antennas are notorious for getting bent up or breaking or getting
mashed/kinked or coming loose.E1 radios (in my opinion) just look as
though they should have built in ferrite core antennas for AM recption.I
have many radios that have AM band plus some other bands too and every
one of them that have AM band,they all have a built in ferrite core
antenna.Sometimes,it might not be conveniet to pull up those E1 antennas
to use the AM band,for instance sitting in a cubbyhole or a small
space.It just seems to me that there is something missing from E1
radios.
cuhulin

What a cool visual. Coohoo drinking beer on the sofa with his hound
dog and his WebTV wireless keyboard getting all tangled up with a
chrome plated, bent all to ****, telescoping whip antenna.
Priceless...


It was even funnier the first three times he did it. That's why he now
only buys pre-broken radios from the Goodwill Store.



mike