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I would like to have a AM Antenna hook up to my Stereo , I have been told that there is no AM Antenna out there like a FM Antenna and I believe there most be a way that you can hook a antenna to a AM radio to get better reception , but what can the antenna be and how can it be hooked up?
I am looking to draw in more stations with better reception and less back ground noise.
Any comments are welcome in helping me with this problem.
It gives a number of pointers for improving AM reception. Just remember...AM broadcasts are very susceptible to interference due strictly to the way it operates.
Its really sad..... OVER THE YEARS THEY HAVE KINDA SHOWN A BLIND EYE TO THE AM BAND and most stuff they sell today GETS HORRIBLE OR NO AM RECEPTION!!!!
Stuff made from the 80s and earlier had EXCELLENT AM RECEPTION!!! (Especially walkmans -- Boy were they good)
I have a walkman I got @ salvation army last year but the cassette player doesnt work.... (One of the spool holders is gone) The radio is awesome in it however!!
What you need is an AM loop antenna. This is technology that goes back to the earliest days of broadcasting and the days of shortwave. These are very low frequency radio waves.
If anything, AM reception for your dollar is the best it's ever been. Thanks to digital signal processing technology, you can get excellent AM portables around $50.
Yeah, modern boomboxes have terrible AM, but they've never had good AM.
I would like to have a AM Antenna hook up to my Stereo , I have been told that there is no AM Antenna out there like a FM Antenna and I believe there most be a way that you can hook a antenna to a AM radio to get better reception , but what can the antenna be and how can it be hooked up?
I am looking to draw in more stations with better reception and less back ground noise.
Any comments are welcome in helping me with this problem.
All depends on the radio you have. If it has a port or any place to connect an external AM antenna, then you can buy one from C.Crane, Amazon, and so on. But if the radio does not include a port for an external antenna like SW radios do, then you won't be able to do it. By the way, home receivers that have AM/FM bands usually include a place in the back panel for connecting AM and FM antennas.
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