If you want to pay the money, The Quantom loop for am is great.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "hank smith" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: RE OT FM & AM Antenna Help


>I am looking for both am and fm recommendations
> what you recommend for am loop antannas for indoor use?
> thanks
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 7:07 PM
> Subject: RE OT FM & AM Antenna Help
>
>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I don't particularly consider antennas to be off topic, but to each his
>> own.  I concur with the group that amplified antennas don't work.  The
>> amplifier is at best a source of noise and at worst will generate 
>> intermod
>> all over the place.  As for dipoles, I have a set of rabbit ears that I
>> bought while vacationing in New Jersey that have served me very well. 
>> One
>> thing I like about them is that each of the "ears can swivel around as
>> well
>> as up and down, and this gives me much more flexibility than the standard
>> rabbit ears that move up and down but don't swivel.
>>
>> My point is that not all indoor rabbit ears are created equal?  By the
>> way,
>> the rabbit ears that I bought were not the most expensive ones out there
>> but they work very well for indoor antennas.  Wish I could remember who
>> made them.
>>
>>
>> When I lived out in the country, I actually used an outdoor Radio Shack
>> directional VHF/UHF TV/FM antenna on a rotator, and it worked better than
>> anything else I've used so far.
>>
>> Are you also looking for a good AM antenna, or is the emphasis here on 
>> FM?
>>
>> Well constructed tuned loop antennas are the way to go for AM.  They hear
>> less noise, and the directional characteristics make them worth their
>> weight in gold.
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>>
>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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