Rca hf-4

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Dave A

Jeff, no loop antenna on this set. 50kw stations are sometimes directional as in 1210am here in Philadelphia. They go NE and SE to hug the east coast at night where the population is. I am west of Philly, in a valley and 1210 sounds like a 1kw station. The radio is built for either a two wire factory dipole kit you could buy or a long wire. Not sure what Zenith did in 1938. Let us know.

As I worked for the Phillies for years, the broadcast rights would come up occasionally and the owners liked the 1210am signal as it would get all the way at night to their summer homes in Cape Cod and surroundings. Internet radio has fixed that issue and we are now local FM. Still bad where I live.

Zenith and many other makes specified either a long wire or a doublet type antenna. There was a terminal marked A,D and ground. When using a long wire the D terminal was jumpered to the ground terminal.