"pixel_a_ted" wrote in message
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I'm not an amateur radio guy or anything like that. I recently bought
a Kaito KA1103 Worldband Radio, mainly to get better reception of AM
stations. I sometimes like to listen to discussion shows at night and
the local selection is limited. The reviews seemed to indicate that
the radio has good AM discrimination, etc. Well, so far it doesn't
seem to be any better than my little 20 year old Sony Walkman radio.
I've also scanned through the short wave frequencies and found
nothing, but that was not my main reason for getting the radio.

The radio came with an "antenna" that seems to be one big loop of wire
with a plug at one end that goes into the radio and a plastic clip at
the other end. I'm not sure what to do with it and have read somewhat
contradictory advice on the internet. Nothing that I have tried has
resulted in any better reception. I also see somewhat inexpensive loop
antennas advertised.

Any suggestions for improving AM reception would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks.


Hi "Ted"

If you wanted AM stations in the 0.5 to 2 MHz band, you might be happy
with a tuned loop. I went "overboard and made a big multiturn loop that can
be located outside but tuned and rotated from inside, It gets too
complicated to both rotate and tune a big, outside AM Loop antenna. But,
that really works well for reception of AM radio from long distances. You
might find something in this site http://www.mindspring.com/~loop_antenna/

Jerry KD6JDJ