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G6Tanuki · 30th Jul 2021, 5:41 pm

In times-past to improve reception of a MW portable with ferrite-rod antenna I made one of the classic 'frame' antennas [a wooden X with arms about a foot long, about 20 turns of wire looped round fishtail-spreaders on the end of the X and tuned with a 365pF variable capacitor]. The transistor-radio mounted on a shelf fixed to the centre of the X. This gave a noticeable improvement in reception of Luxembourg 208M during the early evening.

30th Jul 2021, 5:41 pm	#4
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 14,007	Re: Passive loop with vintage radios In times-past to improve reception of a MW portable with ferrite-rod antenna I made one of the classic 'frame' antennas [a wooden X with arms about a foot long, about 20 turns of wire looped round fishtail-spreaders on the end of the X and tuned with a 365pF variable capacitor]. The transistor-radio mounted on a shelf fixed to the centre of the X. This gave a noticeable improvement in reception of Luxembourg 208M during the early evening.