Thank you for the question. This particular loop antenna (Deshibo GA-450) is intended to work mainly on Shortwave bands but also can be used for MW. But on MW it's not the best. Also, the radio must have MW antenna socket as most doesn't. If you looking something for MW improvement commercially available I would recommend in the first C. Crane's Twin Coil Ferrite antenna (not available in Europe but can be find on eBay US site) or passive loops like Tecsun AN-100 or Tecsun AN-200 can be used. They are much cheaper and easily available on Chinese sites like AliExpress directly. Also some resellers in Europe offer them with topped price. Both options will improve MW reception as in UK you still have active Medium Wave transmitters so it can sound nearly as good as FM transmissions.
@@HardcoreDXLithuania Thanks for reply. The Cranes antenna sems to be out of stock and/or discontinued. The Tecsun seems to be available and, appears to be a modern take on the little black loop we used to get along with our hi-fis's. I take it the Tecsun would destroy those stock ones?
@@JimHUdson-d9s yes, C. Cranes are no more in production and discontinued but I bought mine in nearly mint condition from eBay US. Fairly good price including shipping and taxes. Those little black hi-fi loops are almost useless. If I would rank top 4 loops commercially available it would be: 1. Super Select-A-Tenna (actually it's active loop, very rare and pricey). 2. Select-A-Tenna. 3. Terk AM Advantage (some people say it's equal to standard Select-A-Tenna, depending on situation). 4 Tecsun AN-100 or AN-200 (same loop different base / stand). P.S. I used Tecsun loop with one of my AM tuners like hi-fi Yamaha T85 and it worked great. I coupled it by induction with tuners stock loop antenna. But it came with proper one as T85 back in 80s was top of the line.
@@HardcoreDXLithuania Thanks for your reply and kind explanation/options. I think ATM, one of the Tecsun ones would work to get back into all this again after not using AM radio receivers for a while. The videos that i have seen of the Tecsun loops, people either had them wired in or, just used ambiently, with little to no difference. Ambiently one would sit on my receiver or, near it easy enough when i get around to setting it all back up again. This hobby could be very expensive if you let it!
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Hi.
Do those amplified loops work for better AM/MW reception of local UK/Irish stations or, just for shortwave and longer range MW?
Thank you for the question. This particular loop antenna (Deshibo GA-450) is intended to work mainly on Shortwave bands but also can be used for MW. But on MW it's not the best. Also, the radio must have MW antenna socket as most doesn't. If you looking something for MW improvement commercially available I would recommend in the first C. Crane's Twin Coil Ferrite antenna (not available in Europe but can be find on eBay US site) or passive loops like Tecsun AN-100 or Tecsun AN-200 can be used. They are much cheaper and easily available on Chinese sites like AliExpress directly. Also some resellers in Europe offer them with topped price. Both options will improve MW reception as in UK you still have active Medium Wave transmitters so it can sound nearly as good as FM transmissions.
@@HardcoreDXLithuania Thanks for reply. The Cranes antenna sems to be out of stock and/or discontinued. The Tecsun seems to be available and, appears to be a modern take on the little black loop we used to get along with our hi-fis's. I take it the Tecsun would destroy those stock ones?
@@JimHUdson-d9s yes, C. Cranes are no more in production and discontinued but I bought mine in nearly mint condition from eBay US. Fairly good price including shipping and taxes. Those little black hi-fi loops are almost useless. If I would rank top 4 loops commercially available it would be: 1. Super Select-A-Tenna (actually it's active loop, very rare and pricey). 2. Select-A-Tenna. 3. Terk AM Advantage (some people say it's equal to standard Select-A-Tenna, depending on situation). 4 Tecsun AN-100 or AN-200 (same loop different base / stand).
P.S. I used Tecsun loop with one of my AM tuners like hi-fi Yamaha T85 and it worked great. I coupled it by induction with tuners stock loop antenna. But it came with proper one as T85 back in 80s was top of the line.
@@HardcoreDXLithuania Thanks for your reply and kind explanation/options. I think ATM, one of the Tecsun ones would work to get back into all this again after not using AM radio receivers for a while. The videos that i have seen of the Tecsun loops, people either had them wired in or, just used ambiently, with little to no difference. Ambiently one would sit on my receiver or, near it easy enough when i get around to setting it all back up again. This hobby could be very expensive if you let it!