Recommend a decent AM antenna for house
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 ...
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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 meters
You 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-1020C
Home made antenna 1
E-bay, I do not feel good about most of these
Home made #2
But 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.
Wave length =about= 300/F(Mhz) or in this case 300/1 or 300 meters.
A quarter wave is thus 75 meters
You 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-1020C
Home made antenna 1
E-bay, I do not feel good about most of these
Home made #2
But 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.
