On May 8, 9:48*pm, Bart Bailey wrote:

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- Thanks for the Dymek link, sounds nice
- but I'm leaning toward Robert Crane's Twin Coil Ferrite
- as I've always liked AMBCB DXing and there's already
- enough metal in the air around here for SWLing.
-
- I have a passive tuned loop (RS 15-1853) but the twin coil
- sounds like it might have a sharper peak/null which would
- be interesting and I doubt it would overload the E1.

BB,

The C.Crane Twin Coil Ferrite Rod Antenna is a very good
performing AM/MW Directional Antenna for improving AM/MW
Radio Reception of weak and Distant Radio Stations [DX].
http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/am-an...m-antenna.aspx

For it to be utilized properly you have to both :
Tune-It {Electrical Resonance for a Frequency}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_resonance
and Position-It {Rotation in the Horizontal Plane
-aka- Azimuth} - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuth

The C.Crane Twin Coil Ferrite Rod Antenna is designed to
be Tuned -but- Rotation in the Horizontal Plane {Movement
about it's Azimuth} is not a designed-in feature. So you
either have to design your own method of manually rotating
the Antenna Head Inside-the-Room or Electrically Rotating
the Antenna Head Outside-the-House : To get the best
performance out of it.
http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/am-an...m-antenna.aspx
-source- C. Crane Company
http://www.ccrane.com/

However There Is Another Alternative {Consider the Alternatives}

The Quantum "QX" Loop v2.0 featuring a 7.5" Ferrite Rod
http://dxtools.com/QX.htm
Antenna Head which Covers the AM/MW Band : 530~1800 kHz.
The Quantum "QX" Loop features both of the necessary
http://dxtools.com/QX.htm
functions of a supperior AM/MW Loop Antenna :
You can Tune-It {Electrical Resonance for a Frequency}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_resonance
and You can Position-It {Rotation in the Horizontal Plane
-aka- Azimuth} - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azimuth
-source- DXTools.com & Radio Plus+
http://dxtools.com/index.htm
-by- Gerry Thomas [KB4JFM]

Note - Cost about Twice (2X) as much as the C.Crane
Twin Coil Ferrite Rod Antenna -but- for a serious AM/MW
DXers the 'extras' are worth the Price.

Palomar LA-1 Loop Antenna Amplifier Base Unit plus the
AM / Medium Wave Loop Element 530-1700 kHz
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/mwant/0445.html
http://www.palomar-engineers.com/Loo...p_antenna.html

Note - Costs more-than the Quantum "QX" Loop Ferrite
Rod Antenna; and has less AM/MW DXing features.

IMHO - For the Serious AM/MW Radio DXer presently the
Quantum "QX" Loop 7.5" Ferrite Rod Antenna offers the
Biggest Bang and Best Value in a Ready-Made AM/MW
Antenna that is Designed for the craft of AM/MW DXing.

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