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AM Radio Loop Antennas

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alg2468

Why aren't more AM loop antennas available in department stores (the type that do not connect directly by wire to the radio - those like select- a - tenna). And has anyone here tried building an AM loop antenna - what's required and is it fairly easy? Any information is helpful.
 
> Why aren't more AM loop antennas available in department
> stores (the type that do not connect directly by wire to the
> radio - those like select- a - tenna). And has anyone here
> tried building an AM loop antenna - what's required and is
> it fairly easy? Any information is helpful.

I would assume it's because the majority of the masses don't really care about AM radio all that much. At least not enough to invest in an antenna for home listening. There's not really a huge demand for such a thing.

As for building your own loop antenna, I've built my own. The honest truth? It's made from speaker wire, cardboard and duct tape! And it works beautifully! It's fairly directional (at least enough to be able to null out most problem stations), and while I didn't make it tunable, I haven't found myself wanting a tunable antenna since I built it. It seems to pick up everything pretty well.

Building one isn't really a lot of work. Do a Google search for "AM loop antenna" and click through the results. The first (non-sponsored) page that comes up (www.mindspring.com/~loop_antenna/ just in case the results that appear somehow change between the time I post this and the time you read it) is what guided me through building my antenna. While the tuning capacitor the design on the page calls for isn't necessary, it will to some extent help. But like I said before, I didn't include it and haven't found the need to. You may find otherwise.

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> (www.mindspring.com/~loop_antenna/

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I am the author of the page above. The tuning capacitor has an enormous effect on the loop sensitivity - an untuned loop like the last post suggested is fairly low in sensitivity.
 
Wow...it's a small world. I researched loop antennas to improve the gain on an AM station we monitor for EAS. Your site was quite helpful.
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> Wow...it's a small world. I researched loop antennas to
> improve the gain on an AM station we monitor for EAS. Your
> site was quite helpful.

I am glad it helped!
 
> http://www.amradioantennas.com/
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> This guys antennas are great and very good value!
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> Highly Recommended!
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Bruce Carter's site is where I get a big bulk of my information from.
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