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sabaman · 30th Jul 2021, 4:59 pm

Hi Adrian,

I have one of these loop antennas. In my opinion they work well with transistor radios with ferrite antennas, often producing a very useful improvement. Good for ground wave DXing if a long wire antenna is impractical. They just look a little ungainly when positioned next to a portable! Mine has a 3.5mm output jack, so you may find you can connect the loop antenna directly to the antenna socket of the radio, though I've not tried this myself. Not sure how effective winding the radio's wire antenna around the loop would be. Be aware that the tunable loop will indeed increase the signal strength of the desired station but it also brings up the noise to an extent. MW only of course.

Cheers,

Sabaman.

30th Jul 2021, 4:59 pm	#3
sabaman Pentode Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK. Posts: 116	Re: Passive loop with vintage radios Hi Adrian, I have one of these loop antennas. In my opinion they work well with transistor radios with ferrite antennas, often producing a very useful improvement. Good for ground wave DXing if a long wire antenna is impractical. They just look a little ungainly when positioned next to a portable! Mine has a 3.5mm output jack, so you may find you can connect the loop antenna directly to the antenna socket of the radio, though I've not tried this myself. Not sure how effective winding the radio's wire antenna around the loop would be. Be aware that the tunable loop will indeed increase the signal strength of the desired station but it also brings up the noise to an extent. MW only of course. Cheers, Sabaman.