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HD Radio Question

Cool. Way more horsepower than I should ever have all-set-to-go. Anyone who has ever been cited for illegal operation,
as I was in 1991, must really toe the line on a home with a pt 15. Thanks, but I really need one of "non-compliant" "pt 15" devices.
A second offense is considerably more expensive, I understand. The $1k fine in 1991 on 40m was worth it, but the feeling of receiving an NAL was as about as bad as the pain of 3 abdominal surguries, which I've had. So, I keep things Abso-blanking-lutley legal here.
 
Question #1. WDAS is my favorite station. There was one other tuner I could get it with, and I had to off center the tuning to avoid Country WIOV. With the Sangean HD-1, I have no problems locking in the quiet storm. Question # 2, I have not strung an AM wire antenna yet. I can't get any of the Philly AM HDs with the loop supplied. Any suggestions on the length I should use for a long wire?

Lancaster Pa.
 
Don't know about #1. Question #2, as long as possible and running east-to-west. Radio at either end.
Too much may overload the input so you may want to connect through a small capacitor .01 or less, maybe coupling the antenna with
about 2-3 inches of wires twisted together in a pigtail, but not connected ( this IS a small capacitor).
 
Re: HD Radio Question, Sangean tuners are the best !

Are you saying not to use an antenna fashioned in a T style? This is the only configuation I am familiar with.
 
A T-shaped antenna, with downlead from center will have a less directional aspect,
and may have more pickup from the lead up to the antenna than the "antenna",
which is really a capacitor at the top of the antenna. Either will work, but if you have a target, it would be better to run
a longwire wire towards it. A few loops (2-3) turns wound into a coil the same size as the radio loop and placed close
to the radio loop should do it. Obviously, one end of the coil goes to the antenna.
The other needs RF "grounding", and may prefer connection to true earth, electrical socket ground, or DC common (the negative connection at the DC input should work) within the radio.

I wouldn't try to tune such an antenna, because if successful, it may cut sideband response enough to make HD decoding impossible
if tuned too sharply or not center-tuned well enough.
 
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