[BC] dual ferrite AM antenna

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In a message dated 01/03/2006 12:37:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ranchorobbo at hotmail.com writes:

> thanks willie; i'll look at those antenna plans.   c. crane does say in the 
>  faq for the unit that two can be used spread apart for even better 
>  reception, but that's a 200 buck antenna which is a little too serious for 
>  me.  in fact, $99 is too serious.

For sure.

I also can't believe that they're getting almost $70 for the very same loop 
antenna you can make for literally nothing (if you have the parts) or for 
well-under $20, if you have to buy them. I could see getting $30-$35 for it, tho. 
That would be reasonable. I dont' think $70 is reasonable for what it is.

I also have to laugh at one of thier pages, which claims that they *invented* 
this (loop) antenna. Hmmm... I think that the loop antenna was invented long 
before C.Crane ever existed.

>  btw, it turns out it's two coils on a 
>  single ferrite stick; not two separated loopsticks as I had previously 
>  thought.

Interesting. So... what's the benefit, then? Two coils on the same core are, 
effectively, one coil. (Or they are a transformer.) More technical tomfoolery 
to confuse the unwashed masses into shelling-out more for a product than it 
may be worth?

>  it is kind of interesting to me that there is a general consumer 
>  product and market for fringe AM reception.

More than one! Browse the site, and you will see a number of products 
intended to help pull-in the weak ones.

>   I wonder how many of these 
>  they sell.

Once IBUZ takes over... who knows? They could have a major run on them, or 
people will simply give-up and they won't sell any. Unless the offending hash is 
coming-in at close-to-a 90 degree angle, it's going to be very difficult to 
null it all out. At home, WFIF and WTOP's signals arrive on azimuths only a few 
degrees apart. Nulling is nigh impossible. Best I can do is bring WFIF's 
signal in above WTOP's, and that's no easy task.

Willie...