Back in the early '60s, I had a six transistor radio that was a tad deaf. Fooling around with it one day, I held it up to the telephone hanging on the wall and it jumped to life. It simply coupled to all that copper and became really hot. Nighttime DX became phenomenal. The good old days.
Believe it or not in the 60's I did the same thing. I might have been around 10 years old. I also had a crystal radio shaped like a Rocket. The top of the rocket had a small rod that adjusted the frequency. I did the same thing with the antenna for the Crystal radio Rocket. It was all magic back then.
I own the Terk Advantage, Select-a-tenna and this AM loop antenna. I can tell you that this antenna is the best AM loop antenna out there for the price. I DXed many MW stations using this antenna. It inspired me to build my own. I know you will enjoy this antenna. I look forward to your MW DX catches. :)
Ciao Gilles, sorry but the receiver must be crossed with the loop not in the way you show it ... the "belly" of the loop must be close to the ferrite of the receiver in this way you have the maximum induction ... A greeting. Giuseppe.
I’ve had this antenna for a couple of years. Works fantastic on most radios. Does not work on my Tecsun PL390. And another radio, But on all others works fine. It DOES work on one of my tube radios, but have not tried it on my others. For the price, it’s hard to beat. Well worth the price. Very cool radio,too. 📻🙂
Just got mine today and it is great. Earlier this week I spotted a 500W daytime station about 50 miles away that is audible but difficult to understand. Immediately after unboxing my AN-200 I tried it on that station and it increased the signal strength on my Crane Skywave SSB from one to two "S" units to at least five and gave clear copy. Yeah, anxiously waiting for tonight!
Worth mentioning...I see examples where the axis of the loop is not parallel to the axis of the radio ferrite bar. Although,,, the loop can be used to null out interference.
Align the axis of the loop to be parallel with the axis of the windings on the internal ferrite bar and rotate the radio and antenna together as if they were one unit. A lazy-susan is a good tool for this. This will result in max nulling of pest stations.
Hello. It is one of the.best ant. I have used and.i use it often. Try plugging it into the top of the county comm ssb and my friend you will dx the world. A very good product.. Ron. Z. Pgh. Pa.
I think you found the station that I have been trying to get in on 580 AM. I pull in CFCO from Chatham without a problem, but 580 is too low. I have order this antenna from CCRadio. I am in Michigan.
Hello! I have one of these also and I am always amazed by the inductive coupling to the radio's internal ferrite core antenna. I agree with several of the posts below, that the axis of the radio's ferrite core should be parallel to the loop's axis, which would mean if the radio is facing you, in like manner the loop's knob should be facing you with the loop on the side of the radio which is closest to the radio's ferrite core. The loop and the radio's ferrite core can be thought of as a cylinders of wire. Both cylinders should face the same direction for the best coupling. Sorry if I went around the hedge too many times! Great video and enjoy your new toy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like the analog S meter on the Toshiba, as well. I have a Radio Shack MW loop that used to work with my ICF-2002, but it does not seem to work with my net ICF-7600. Go figure.
Will make weak radios perform vastly better. I have a GPX 300RS (cheap digital-readout armband radio). The internal noise messes up AM. The tuned loop can make the internal noise almost disappear, increase sensitivity. And..sharing the loop with a good analog radio gives you a fantastic frequency-readout meter! Makes old 2-6 transistor radios shine.
I have this exact same antenna. I use the antenna out port and connect it to an SDR with up-converter in order to find interference on the MF/HF bands. It works great up to about 2Mhz.
@@zach0gr sure, that's what the box says, but my SDR gain says otherwise. If I roll the capacitor all the way over it's providing gain about 250kH higher....
I want to buy one of those. Where can I get one? But I'm with the BDS and therefore boycott Amazon. Anyone shipping to Scandinavia, please, preferably from a EU country to avoid unnecessary import fees that may be spent on detrimental politics. Sorry for politicised comment content, I know you're very professional regarding such stuff, but it's just who I am. None of my dirt to spill onto your fine engagement on YT. Love from Denmark! Well Sweden actually but now I'm in Denmark. If you host one of your fine shows tonight I hope to be able to join.
The AN-200 is a great buy and good performer, but i'm wondering if there is anything even more stronger/better on the market, perhaps a slightly larger loop? Hopefully under one hundred dollars or so.
Got a rather rough patch in my bedroom (living in a basement but with a window) since moving, getting this and the 48x amplified loop to see if I can get my shortwave/local talk mid wave fix in my bedroom on my 880
I've got that same antenna from Grundig. I thought I would have to plug it in. If that works it would be great. But unfortunately it only works on MW not SW. So it's no help to me. Thanks for the video. I'm getting back into radio after a long hiatus. I am a Ham operator license for 30 year this year. 😎👍
Great demonstration. I always find your video indispensable and accurate. Did you ever try plugging in in your outside antenna into your Tecsun an-200 loop antenna. It's amazing how well this works. Basically, I turned on my smaller Eton traveler receiver and my Grundig field receivers with both their antenna folded inward. There was only a very weak and poor signal with a lot of noise coming from both receivers. As soon as I plugged the outdoor antenna into the small Tecsun loop antenna both radios came to life. I'm not sure what you call this antenna reversal but WOW does it work well. That's how I now use my long wire antenna which is set up outside. By plugging that long wire into the tecsun loop which is on my desk next to all my receivers, everything on my desk gets this fairly big boost of Gain with a good reduction in noise which is very noticeable.. Its almost like having every radio plugged into an individual outdoor antenna. I still use a outdoor loop which is fantastic for my big receiver. Did you ever try this Gilles?
Quite pleased with mine for MW but I thought I'd experiment. I have a homemade magnetic loop antenna (not for TX) and i replaced the innerloop with this. This meant i could tune the outer loop with the capacitor on that and further refine with the dial on the inner loop. It did seem to work out looking at the set's meter, but the outer loop is smaller than it should be so not quite right for the HF band i was trying out, so ultimate signal received could have been better.
I have the same antenna but it is a grundig. I found turning the loop 90 degrees to the radio works a lot better, also have the loop ends pointing in the direction of the transmitter.
@@OfficialSWLchannel i moved it around and connect it using cable. At home signal was louder, but noise more louder. Outsite it helped me only when radio volume was on maximum, it maked louder signal but noise too.
Sallut Gilles il faut mettre l’antenne loop dans l’autre sens ! Ca marchera beaucoup mieux ! 73 Jean-Luc Ps et l’idéal c’est de mettre la radio à l’intérieur de l’antenne loop
Back in the early '60s, I had a six transistor radio that was a tad deaf. Fooling around with it one day, I held it up to the telephone hanging on the wall and it jumped to life. It simply coupled to all that copper and became really hot. Nighttime DX became phenomenal. The good old days.
Believe it or not in the 60's I did the same thing. I might have been around 10 years old. I also had
a crystal radio shaped like a Rocket. The top of the rocket had a small rod that adjusted the frequency.
I did the same thing with the antenna for the Crystal radio Rocket. It was all magic back then.
As a kid I wrapped a lot of copper wire around my radio..and viola..wow.....
Turn it at right angles to your radio and it will work even better.
Yep. It works.
And it gets an A+ in industrial design.
I can recommend the antenna also. It's worth it's price. 73s Ralf
Is a great antenna for a few bucks. Light, cute and portable. Ps: beautiful Toshiba :)
I caught an Egyptian medium wave station here in Germany with the TECSUN PL 310ET and this antenna. It works just amazing.
You should try turning it tonight by 90 degrees while tuned to 1010 to switch between WINS and CFRB.
do that all the time here with the mla-30 and CFRB , also can switch between WHKW Cleveland and the new CJAJ on 1220 in St. Catharines
I have used this antenna for two years now with great success.. Good product.... Fast Eddie...
ive had mine about 2 weeks, love mine, i listen to my grandmas old am kitchen radio late at night when i cant sleep, helps pull in alot of stations
Shout out for catching CFRA! An Ottawan here :)
I own the Terk Advantage, Select-a-tenna and this AM loop antenna. I can tell you that this antenna is the best AM loop antenna out there for the price. I DXed many MW stations using this antenna. It inspired me to build my own. I know you will enjoy this antenna. I look forward to your MW DX catches. :)
This antenna works great with radios using smaller ferric rods, the smaller the rod, the greater the improvement
Ciao Gilles,
sorry but the receiver must be crossed with the loop not in the way you show it ... the "belly" of the loop must be close to the ferrite of the receiver in this way you have the maximum induction ...
A greeting.
Giuseppe.
I’ve had this antenna for a couple of years.
Works fantastic on most radios.
Does not work on my Tecsun PL390.
And another radio, But on all others works fine.
It DOES work on one of my tube radios, but have not tried it on my others.
For the price, it’s hard to beat. Well worth the price.
Very cool radio,too.
📻🙂
Hi Jeff, do you think it would work with Tecsun PL880? Thanks, Ron.
Just got mine today and it is great. Earlier this week I spotted a 500W daytime station about 50 miles away that is audible but difficult to understand. Immediately after unboxing my AN-200 I tried it on that station and it increased the signal strength on my Crane Skywave SSB from one to two "S" units to at least five and gave clear copy. Yeah, anxiously waiting for tonight!
The antenna is strongest in-plane and the radio's ferrite rod is strongest out of plane, so you need to orient the antenna perpendicular to the radio.
Worth mentioning...I see examples where the axis of the loop is not parallel to the axis of the radio ferrite bar. Although,,, the loop can be used to null out interference.
Align the axis of the loop to be parallel with the axis of the windings on the internal ferrite bar and rotate the radio and antenna together as if they were one unit. A lazy-susan is a good tool for this. This will result in max nulling of pest stations.
How does it connect to the radio?
It couples with the internal ferrite, no wire needed. But it also can connect through a connector on the side
I look forward to your videos. You re awakened my interests in the hobby! 👊
Hello. It is one of the.best ant. I have used and.i use it often. Try plugging it into the top of the county comm ssb and my friend you will dx the world. A very good product.. Ron. Z. Pgh. Pa.
I think you found the station that I have been trying to get in on 580 AM. I pull in CFCO from Chatham without a problem, but 580 is too low. I have order this antenna from CCRadio. I am in Michigan.
I like My AN-200 it works well.
Hello! I have one of these also and I am always amazed by the inductive coupling to the radio's internal ferrite core antenna. I agree with several of the posts below, that the axis of the radio's ferrite core should be parallel to the loop's axis, which would mean if the radio is facing you, in like manner the loop's knob should be facing you with the loop on the side of the radio which is closest to the radio's ferrite core. The loop and the radio's ferrite core can be thought of as a cylinders of wire. Both cylinders should face the same direction for the best coupling. Sorry if I went around the hedge too many times! Great video and enjoy your new toy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best placement is at a 90 degree angle, not the parallel angle you had it at. Makes a huge difference.
depends on the radio
I like the analog S meter on the Toshiba, as well. I have a Radio Shack MW loop that used to work with my ICF-2002, but it does not seem to work with my net ICF-7600. Go figure.
It works much better for daytime DXing.
This is a great active loop antenna for AM DX indoors
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Will make weak radios perform vastly better. I have a GPX 300RS (cheap digital-readout armband radio). The internal noise messes up AM. The tuned loop can make the internal noise almost disappear, increase sensitivity. And..sharing the loop with a good analog radio gives you a fantastic frequency-readout meter! Makes old 2-6 transistor radios shine.
I have this exact same antenna. I use the antenna out port and connect it to an SDR with up-converter in order to find interference on the MF/HF bands. It works great up to about 2Mhz.
@@zach0gr sure, that's what the box says, but my SDR gain says otherwise. If I roll the capacitor all the way over it's providing gain about 250kH higher....
I want to buy one of those. Where can I get one? But I'm with the BDS and therefore boycott Amazon. Anyone shipping to Scandinavia, please, preferably from a EU country to avoid unnecessary import fees that may be spent on detrimental politics. Sorry for politicised comment content, I know you're very professional regarding such stuff, but it's just who I am. None of my dirt to spill onto your fine engagement on YT. Love from Denmark! Well Sweden actually but now I'm in Denmark. If you host one of your fine shows tonight I hope to be able to join.
The AN-200 is a great buy and good performer, but i'm wondering if there is anything even more stronger/better on the market, perhaps a slightly larger loop? Hopefully under one hundred dollars or so.
Got a rather rough patch in my bedroom (living in a basement but with a window) since moving, getting this and the 48x amplified loop to see if I can get my shortwave/local talk mid wave fix in my bedroom on my 880
I've got that same antenna from Grundig. I thought I would have to plug it in. If that works it would be great. But unfortunately it only works on MW not SW. So it's no help to me. Thanks for the video. I'm getting back into radio after a long hiatus. I am a Ham operator license for 30 year this year. 😎👍
Great demonstration. I always find your video indispensable and accurate. Did you ever try plugging in in your outside antenna into your Tecsun an-200 loop antenna. It's amazing how well this works. Basically, I turned on my smaller Eton traveler receiver and my Grundig field receivers with both their antenna folded inward. There was only a very weak and poor signal with a lot of noise coming from both receivers. As soon as I plugged the outdoor antenna into the small Tecsun loop antenna both radios came to life. I'm not sure what you call this antenna reversal but WOW does it work well. That's how I now use my long wire antenna which is set up outside. By plugging that long wire into the tecsun loop which is on my desk next to all my receivers, everything on my desk gets this fairly big boost of Gain with a good reduction in noise which is very noticeable.. Its almost like having every radio plugged into an individual outdoor antenna. I still use a outdoor loop which is fantastic for my big receiver. Did you ever try this Gilles?
Bought one last fall for approximately $36 on Amazon. Just got my second one for $25 on eBay. Took awhile to get it but saved $10 so what the heck...
Quite pleased with mine for MW but I thought I'd experiment. I have a homemade magnetic loop antenna (not for TX) and i replaced the innerloop with this. This meant i could tune the outer loop with the capacitor on that and further refine with the dial on the inner loop. It did seem to work out looking at the set's meter, but the outer loop is smaller than it should be so not quite right for the HF band i was trying out, so ultimate signal received could have been better.
I've got one also, it works very well with my Tecsun 600 receiver.
I have the same antenna but it is a grundig. I found turning the loop 90 degrees to the radio works a lot better, also have the loop ends pointing in the direction of the transmitter.
Works better if you align the axis of the external loop with the axis of the internal ferrite loop instead of at right angles...
depending on the portable radio this is different, each radio does not work the same
@@OfficialSWLchannel No, all AM radios with an internal loopstick antenna work the same in this regard. And that's nearly all portables
Thanks Gilles. Will have to check into getting one of those. Take Care and Radio On!
I remember back then we used using the cable line an it worked well
I have the Terk version of that and it works just as well.
Greetings, are these great antennas to DXing or Shortwave??
It seems very good.
Yea, does a good job, there are a few radios of mine it doesn't play nice with, mostly the larger radios like the CCrane-SW. I use this for MW dxing.
Hi, do you think it would work well with Tecsun PL-880? Thanks, Ron
it not doed anything when i tried it
you are not setting it up right
@@OfficialSWLchannel i moved it around and connect it using cable. At home signal was louder, but noise more louder. Outsite it helped me only when radio volume was on maximum, it maked louder signal but noise too.
have you tried this on the Tecsun 330 using the external antenna port connected right to the antenna's output port?
no I need to try it and make some videos
Did you ever make videos of this?@@OfficialSWLchannel
Sallut Gilles il faut mettre l’antenne loop dans l’autre sens ! Ca marchera beaucoup mieux !
73 Jean-Luc
Ps et l’idéal c’est de mettre la radio à l’intérieur de l’antenne loop
Sounds like a good one to me too.
Ill have to get one.
Thanks Giles.
I'd like to see more testing and can you hook it up directly
That radio has a external antenna port... try it !