AM reception can be very difficult because of the inherent succeptibility AM has to electrical noise and other sources of interference. The built-in antenna in most receivers – a coil and a ferrite ...

While we can’t argue that FM has superior audio quality and digital streaming allows even higher quality in addition to worldwide access, there’s still something magic about hearing a weak and fading ...

I am trying to help someone out, he has a Denon home theater receiver and gets pretty crappy AM radio reception with it using the included AM antenna. I tried a cheap amplified Radio-Shack AM/FM ...

The single-turn loop antenna is a metallic conductor bent into the shape of a closed curve, such as a circle or a square, with a gap in the conductor to form the terminals. A multiturn loop or coil is ...

Despite the advent of the internet and streamed services, there is still an interest in traditional broadcasting. With that interest comes a need to measure the associated electromagnetic field ...

Greg Manfroi of WIUM/WIUW, Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, sent us this idea on a construction method for the shielded-loop AM antenna. Start with the electrical specifications as described ...