AM Antenna for WHCU

Started by Jim Hyla, December 19, 2004, 11:48:52 AM

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Jim Hyla

So what does anyone know about external AM antennas? I can get WHCU, but barely. For some time I've been thinking about an external antenna, but I know zip. I feel badly ;-) , since I was an engineer at CU, but 36 years in medicine has zapped my knowledge. Anybody who can help?
"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970
Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005

redice

Jim,     Check out http://ccrane.com.   That's one of the premier places to find a good AM Antenna.        Bill
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Jim Hyla

[Q]redice Wrote:

 Jim,     Check out .   That's one of the premier places to find a good AM Antenna.        Bill[/q]Thanks, has anybody used any of the models?

"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970
Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005

Rosey

My father uses the non-powered SelectAntenna to get WFAN from Lake George, NY.  Not terribly impressive since WFAN broadcasts on a 50KW clear channel, but it goes from barely audible to, well... as good as AM gets.

Cheers,
Kyle
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Jim Hyla

[Q]krose Wrote:

 My father uses the non-powered SelectAntenna to get WFAN from Lake George, NY.  Not terribly impressive since WFAN broadcasts on a 50KW clear channel, but it goes from barely audible to, well... as good as AM gets.

Cheers,
Kyle[/q]Thanks, I'll pick one up before the Onion game.:-P
"Cornell Fans Made the Timbers Tremble", Boston Globe, March/1970
Cornell lawyers stopped the candy throwing. Jan/2005

marty

Jim,

I bought a cheap clone of the Select A Tenna and/or Terk from Radio Shack.  (They were closed out and are no longer available.)  Both of these companies have been around forever.

My cheap antenna helps but reception varies here - outside of Troy.

Marty
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MB

Don't know if it helps much, but the external AM antenna that I got with my stereo was simply some thin wire wrapped around in a loop.  Picks WHCU up really well, but then again, I'm right next to the station.

billhoward

[Further OT] CCrane [www.ccrane.com] is also a good source of LED flashlights which run almost forever on a couple batteries.