[BC] dual ferrite AM antenna

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In a message dated 01/03/2006 09:16:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
ranchorobbo at hotmail.com writes:

> It is sold by C. Crane.   here's a link to it on their website:
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http://www.ccrane.com/antennas/am-antennas/twin-coil-ferrite-am-antenna.aspx
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>  Anyone ever used one of these and know if it really works?

I would imagine it's performance not much different than the tuned-loop... It 
looks like the ferrite core/coils are housed in that larger black unit. If 
the loopsticks were seperate, and could be phased/tuned independently, I would 
imagine it would be far more effective at eliminating interference.

I don't know about eliminating fade, either. The only way to minimize that is 
with Diversity, and at MW freq's, you'd need to put those antennas fairly far 
apart.

The only instant advantage I see to this over their tuned-loop, is that this 
looks like it's meant to be mounted outdoors. That, alone, could be a 
significant improvement for marginal situations with lots of internally-induced RFI & 
shielding.

I have easy do-it-yourself plans on my WEBsite, to make a nice tuned loop 
antenna that works amazingly well.

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

Willie...