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Old February 22nd 10, 02:54 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Richard Fry Richard Fry is offline
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On Feb 22, 5:51*am, Richard Fry wrote:

The loop antennas suggested by others may work well, as they are
vertically polarized for the E-field (as is the loopstick of a typical
consumer-type AM broadcast receiver).


To correct myself, loopsticks respond to the magnetic field of an EM
wave -- which, for vertical polarization, lie in the horizontal plane.