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AM Loop Antenna Problems?
I installed an AM loop antenna on my receiver. There are two radio stations, of similar strength, that I get equally well in my car. However, I am only able to receive the one on my home receiver. Does anyone have any suggestions for increasing the strength of the antenna, or maybe I need a different antenna? Perhaps the location of my house and/or stereo has something to do with it regardless of the antenna? Thank you for your help.
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- sd_ducksoupLv 61 decade agoFavorite Answer
AM loop antennas are highly directional but most car antennas are not. You may have accidentally nulled out the 2nd station with the position of the loop (the 2nd station antenna is along the line of the loop, while the first is more perpendicular to it).
Try slowly rotating the loop antenna. You'll probably find that it picks up the 2nd station just fine, but in a different orientation from the original one. If you're lucky, the stations will not be 90 degrees apart and you'll be able to hear both of them without having to move the antenna again.
Source(s): I used a loop antenna as an AM DXer 25+ years of electrical engineering
