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Old 05-07-2009, 11:01 AM
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I built an indoor loop antenna like the one pictured here:

http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/tu...ages/7246.html

Not much AM reception yet (I can get two AM stations from a more modern receiver in the same room), and I seem to get one short wave station consistently but it comes in very faintly. I may try taking the radio and antenna upstairs (shop is in the basement) to see if that helps.

One thing I did notice is that while touching the wire that connects to the top of the 6A8G (first detector/oscillator) tube reception is almost perfect, but still getting only that one station. What would this indicate... (Other than the fact that I'm a better antenna than the homemade loop apparatus)?
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