[BC] HDradio & our digital future

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In a message dated 12/22/2006 9:26:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
richwood at pobox.com writes:

> The issue isn't the size of the chip. It's the power consumption and 
>  the sensitivity. I installed a long wire AM antenna in the attic 
>  yesterday hoping to receive the only IBUZ AM in the market. No luck. 
>  If a long wire won't work on an Accurian. What makes anyone think 
>  earbud leads are going to do much better? The real bottom line is 

Rich, you can make a very useful tuned loop antenna with minimal effort and 
expense. (About $20, tops, if you have to buy everything.) You may be surprised 
at the performance increase one of these loops gives you.

http://www.mymorninglight.org/loopant.htm

I have tried them many times. Even with a $5 "flavoradio" (single IF-stage, 
deaf as can be) portable, these antennas bring stations to life that even a 
*good* radio struggled to hear. Next to a decent radio, these loops pull in 
signals you never knew were there. They *should* be able to pull in IBUZ signals, 
too. Their directionality can certainly be used to advantage, to null or peak 
as needed.

Willie...