Not RV related, but maybe somebody can help.I have a 6 year old Yamaha audio video receiver at home (no HDMI) and like to listen to sports stations from time to time on AM radio stations while at home. I have yet to find a decent INTERIOR antenna I can connect to the receiver to get AM stations at home. Any recommendations?

Many of the receivers have a built in antenna. Suppose you could put a few winds around that built in antenna and string a wire out of the receiver. As a practical matter most of those AM receivers that are packaged like that are junk. My Sony is no different. Once you do get some sensitivity the selectivity is terrible. JMHO.

WyoTraveler wrote:Many of the receivers have a built in antenna. Suppose you could put a few winds around that built in antenna and string a wire out of the receiver. As a practical matter most of those AM receivers that are packaged like that are junk. My Sony is no different. Once you do get some sensitivity the selectivity is terrible. JMHO.This one's a rather expensive Yamaha and does not have a built-in antenna.

They are around, and some manfacturers provide external loop antennas that sit next to the receiver so you can rotate it. The problem is you are still not out of the nearfield noise.. I have a passive antenna tuner in the garage that is the size of a dinner plate and about 2" thick that you set next to the local antenna then tune this for peak signel through the radio and it works amazingly well, just cant remember the name. Also look at C. Crane. They are one of the last companies that deals with high performance AM

Ok, first I need to teach you antenna theory.. AM radio is 560 to aroudn 1600 KHZ, we will use 100,000 as our middle point to simplify math.Wave length =about= 300/F(Mhz) or in this case 300/1 or 300 meters.A quarter wave is thus 75 metersYou are NOT going to string 75 meters of wire inside your house. But you can outdoors... Bring the wire into the radio room wrap twice around the radio and then take it to a good earth ground.. Which way the wire points (N/S/E/W) will make a difference, so you might run two wires at 90 degrees and choose which one does best.If you want an indoor antenna...http://mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-1020CHome made antenna 1E-bay, I do not feel good about most of theseHome made #2But nothing is going to beat the long wire I described at the top. Just make sure it does not turn into a lightening rod on you.One option that might work.. A turn or two around the attic.

Oh, a short story: Years ago the Detroit Tigers were taking the world Serious, or playing in the world series or something like that. We were in the TV room at the campground watching and the sound on the TV sucked, I mean it was bad, I am talking about a blown transistor so it shounded.. Terrible....Finally I said "I'll fix that" and headed back to my Rig, Got my "Boom Box" am/Fm/Cassette box and brought it back, WJR am 760 and Ernie HarwellTurned the sound on the TV offEvery person in the room, from that day till they fired Ernie, that's how they listened and watched the games from that day forward.At that time WJR was the only station in the US and Canada to occupy 760KHZ You could pick them up (Or to be more precise I picked them up) as I was leaving Florida on my vintage car radio.. CBS RADIO MYSTERY THEATER. alas, show is history now.

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SCVJeff
Explorer
Sep 16, 2014
SCVJeff wrote:
Ron3rd wrote:
SCVJeff wrote:
You haven't been to Radio Shack in awhile have you?

Jeff,
Correct. But the irony in your post is that Radio Shack is all but gone... but can't afford to close down all their stores. They're out of cash and it costs money to close everything down. The sharks are circling and the long knives are out. Stay tuned....
yeah, I didn't want to go there but you're right.. There are discussions every few weeks on CNBC . RSH closed about $.90 on Friday. Bummer...
I read this morning that Amazon is looking at them...
Chris_Bryant
Explorer II
Sep 16, 2014
http://www.ccrane.com/AM-Antennas
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Sep 16, 2014
SCVJeff wrote:
Found it: Select-A-Tenna

Thanks, I'll check it out.
TomG2
Explorer
Sep 14, 2014
SCVJeff wrote:
You haven't been to Radio Shack in awhile have you?

I was there on Wednesday and picked up some resistors for a project.
SCVJeff
Explorer
Sep 14, 2014
Found it: Select-A-Tenna
SCVJeff
Explorer
Sep 14, 2014
Ron3rd wrote:
SCVJeff wrote:
You haven't been to Radio Shack in awhile have you?

Jeff,
Correct. But the irony in your post is that Radio Shack is all but gone... but can't afford to close down all their stores. They're out of cash and it costs money to close everything down. The sharks are circling and the long knives are out. Stay tuned....
yeah, I didn't want to go there but you're right.. There are discussions every few weeks on CNBC . RSH closed about $.90 on Friday. Bummer...
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Sep 14, 2014
BTW, the TURK antennas come up a lot in google searches. The best advice might be from Wa8.
Ron3rd
Explorer III
Sep 14, 2014
SCVJeff wrote:
You haven't been to Radio Shack in awhile have you?

Jeff,
Correct. But the irony in your post is that Radio Shack is all but gone... but can't afford to close down all their stores. They're out of cash and it costs money to close everything down. The sharks are circling and the long knives are out. Stay tuned....
SCVJeff
Explorer
Sep 14, 2014
You haven't been to Radio Shack in awhile have you?
TomG2
Explorer
Sep 14, 2014
The easiest solution is to use the Internet for AM radio. It can be connected to whatever playback you choose through cables or Bluetooth. Most stations are available through I heart Radio or other applications. Radio Shack has resources for those willing to experiment with antenna construction.

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