[BC] HDradio & our digital future

[Glen Kippel]

See the latest issue of QST for instructions on building a loop using an
embroidery hoop.  Great idea, and should work as well as a "Select-a-Tenna
(R).

On 12/23/06, WFIFeng at aol.com <WFIFeng at aol.com> wrote:
>
> 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...
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