Mediumwave DXing with an AN-200 Loop Antenna

[@jimsradiocheck936]

Nice video Walt I also started out with one of those Ball radios when I was about 10 years old I still have two of those

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks! Same here, I have a red and yellow one. They were the cool radio to have back then.

[@TelfordO]

Back in the late 70's/80's as an avid SWL and MW/am band dxer, i made a 1mtr Loop with tuning capacitor i would stay up after 11pm when it was dark in the Winter to tune and eck out USA stations from my central UK location, 930, 1010 and other frequencies which i cant recall :( as well stations from Canada and south America. Happy days as a teenager, now the AM/MW band is just noise due to various electrical stuff same for lower HF bands, 80,40 mtrs. de g0sgo.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Great memories, thanks for sharing!

[@RishayanPorMexico]

That Sony walkman that you showed was actually a pretty damn good AM reciever for it's very small size. It was my mainstay radio back in my vagabond days when I had no money and slept in the woods. Absolutely a great video. Here where I'm at currently in southern Mexico, I'm unfortunately in an apartment in the center of the city where the electrical and internet wifi buzz and interference keeps me from doing any serious AM or SW DXing either day or night. I even tried going to several parks here in the city to DX in the daytime, but that constant electrical buzz was there no matter where I went. So I had to take my tent and a taxi to a remote mountain about 10 km from the city to find a spot in the bush to camp and DX all night. A bit dangerous in today's cartel controlled Mexico, but I survived it. By the way, after extensive studies using a number of radios, I have found that my current CCrane Skywave SSB is THE most sensitive small radio on the market for AM, running it barefoot( without any loop). I even tested it with that Tecsun ( or Countycomm GP5 and GP7) that you showed and the CCrane is slightly more sensitive. I liked your video very much and it is certainly refreshing to see a young man such as yourself so interested in AM DXing. The city where I'm at presently has close to a 100,000 inhabitants and not a single AM station. Unfortunately, AM radio is almost dead here in Mexico, except for the quantity of stations in Mexico City. But the good side of that is that english language US stations now have more open frequencies to penetrate deep into Mexico.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

That Walkman as well other similar ones are great little receivers. Thanks for commenting and sharing your experiences. Wishing you all the best and great DX my friend.

[@dutchbeef8920]

I have this loop and I love it. Passive loops are directional so I use a Lazy Susan and have both the radio and loop on there. Works very well for me.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Lazy Susan is a perfect add on for this antenna!

[@KD9ZHF]

My gosh, what a great suggestion.

[@dutchbeef8920]

@@KD9ZHF used it last night to pick up a weak AM station on the south coast. No chance of hearing it with the internal ferrite but with the loop and in the right direction it came through very clear

[@KD9ZHF]

@@dutchbeef8920 I'm in Chicago, surrounded by noise. I'm hoping this improves my reception. I saw a video where someone uses a second larger loop next to the Tecsun loop, increasing the reception even more. I might try that too. Loop antennas fascinate me.

[@dutchbeef8920]

I think its worth a shot, they really do work pulling in distant signals and you can effectively “null out” other signals

[@russbrown194]

Great video, Walt! I actually attach a passive loop to my old boat anchor NC-183 and it works great! As you did as a kid, I would lie in bed with my radio after I was supposed to be asleep tuning and listening to far off places. Loved it then and love it now!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks Russ! Yes I still do most of my DXing lying in bed!

[@kb3hey]

I haven't watched the video yet but I know it will be very good! AM DXing is how I first started in the radio hobby! Keep them coming Walt!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks! It’s how I first started as well. I live AM DXing!!!

[@WaltKO4LFE]

I really like the diversification of your channel. AM/FM, CB, SW and Ham. Keep it up I’m learning from you. ( I’m 80. Never too old to learn stuff!) 73

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you so much Walt! I sometimes worry about content that isn’t “ham radio” but at the end of the day this is what I love, all parts of the radio hobby. 73 my friend!

[@WaltKO4LFE]

It’s all Radio 😁 and I just ordered a Tecsun PL368 from Amazon $90.08 total!! Thanks for the info…

[@bobr6555]

Wow, this vid brought back memories! Back in the early 1960s I had an 8 transistor radio with a ferrite rod about 6 inches long. Standing in my backyard in Sydney, Australia, I still remember after 60 or so years, I heard KDKA and WOWO! Then I used to sometimes listen to KGMB who had a teeter-totter contest going. I received a QSL card from Radio Caroline telling me I was their most distant listener. All up I QSLd 71 countries in those days but the cards later went missing in a house move. In fact I got so into it that in 1965 I started the Australian Radio DX Club which is still going. In a couple of months my wife and I will be going on another long trip through the Australian outback (remember our QSO on 20 metres mid last year, portable to portable, vertical to vertical?) so now I will be sure to pack my Tecsun PL660 and my loop antenna for some MW DX. 73 de VK4BOB

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

WOW!!! that's absolutely awesome. Thanks for sharing that story. Now for the cool connection to this video, that was KDKA I was receiving with the little red radio in the demonstration. I grew up listening to KDKA and WOWO. It's so cool you have logged them that far away. Absolutely amazing. 73, Walt

[@kenwilliams2271]

I always enjoy your videos i started enjoying radio when i was young ham cb antique radio always interesting building antennas great hobby keep up the videos

[@joeblow8593]

Nice going with New Zealand and Los Angeles from Hawaii. My interest in radio started with a crystal radio set, then toy walkie talkies, then CB and then ham radio.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks! That's pretty much how it went for me as well.

[@01cthompson]

By chance i started AM DXing again a few weeks ago. My son takes a class on Thursday nights, and for some reason the parking lot at the school has zero RFI. That's rare for Connecticut. I have been receiving North Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Toronto, etc. Very fun and cheap entertainment.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

It’s perfect for those situations when you’re waiting. I like to DX during drives too.

[@dannyshortwave]

I have all three of those AM passive loops. I started just like you. I was 9 years old with my first AM transistor radio under the covers staying up late when I lived in Puerto Rico listening to MW stations all over the caribbean and USA. Great memories. Thank you for sharing your memories. Have a great weekend Walt. 73 KD2ZZE.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you so much for watching my friend! WOW I bet that was some great listening in Puerto Rico. Have a great weekend too!

[@HangryGiant]

I love my tecsun AN 200! I have it hooked up to my pl368 and I listen to it almost every day. It's a really good antenna. One thing I did was place a tight fitting disc to the orignal knob so it makes it a bigger circumference and easier to fine tune to those far away stations

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Cool, great idea!

[@ScatManAust]

Like you Walt, my interest in radio started off the same with a short-wave radio that was broken in that all it could pickup was the am band. I quickly worked my way up to another short-wave radio that was given to me as a dead radio. Fixed it and had years of use in bed and especially camping. I never outgrew am and shortwave but as I got my driver's license, I ventured into cb and now in my sixties Ham . to this day I still play radio be it am,sw,hf and I still play in bed.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

We are from that same era and are very much alike. 73 my friend!

[@Buzzygirl63]

Mediumwave DX is how I started my radio hobby when I was a kid (also early 1970s). I purchased one of these exact antennas a few years back. I typically try to pick up MW DX in the dead of winter, when the long, clear and cold nights make it easier to hear distant stations on AM. This antenna does help to bring up weak signals out of the muck and, for the price and portability factor, I highly recommend it! 73 and good DX Walt, no matter which band you're DXing!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you!!! Good DX to you as well. I love DXing on those long winter nights.

[@jeromeGrzelak]

I worked at Zenith in 1963 nice shirt kg6mn

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks! That’s cool!

[@charlesloukas1946]

Long live medium wave

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Yes!!!!!!

[@richardmerriam7044]

MW is truly the only viable emergency band for the public.

[@briankeith6256]

Hey Walt! Thanks for the videos. I love your enthusiasm as I try to figure out antennas for all the radios I have in my apartment. Keep up the great work!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you very much!

[@Bdub1952]

I love that behind your right shoulder is one of the best MW DX machines ever made, the Hammarlund HQ-180AC. Walt, maybe one day you could take us for a test drive and show us the bells and whistles that were available to us during the vacuum tube days. Cheers & 73 from Idaho, N7BWB

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I will do that! I love that old radio. Cheers & 73 from the Virginia coast my friend!

[@blueline308]

Great video. I would like to see more content on things that don't require a license.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you! I will make that happen!

[@rustyrails1886]

Someone commented that this is a scam and the antennas don't work. I can assure you all that they most certainly do work just as he explained in the video. I have one and ose it on a regular basis and it brings in signals that my Panasonic sw receiver will not pick up on its own. So trust what this guy is telling you. Thanks for a great video

[@Tommyr]

I've been AM DXing for MANY years now, mainly at night. Lot of fun! Good video Walt!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you my friend!

[@agoraphobicadam1171]

The voice that enchants poster. :) That antenna reminds me of an old school crystal radio. Thanks for bringing some fun videos while helping me learn. KO4HPC 73

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

That poster is an old Italian radio advertisement. Thanks for watching my friend! 73, Walt

[@ErikTheVikingMechanic]

Great receiver, I can imagine it's a lot of fun. Small, light, very portable. I absolutely adore the red round received from the 70's they just don't make stuff now like they used to hahaha Great video Walt 73 M7LDK

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you my friend! Panasonic radios from the 70’s were great. 73, Walt

[@richardmerriam7044]

I've used these for years, and found they're very dependent upon which radio is used. Some radios are almost deaf, while others will jump to life depending on the frequency. As I'm going up the band I'll be adjusting the antenna knob to keep up. Analog radios work the best. I always place the antenna at a 90 degree angle to the radio. Great video!

[@phildurall7466]

You just tapped my roots Walt! 1980 - WPE6GGM (Popular Electronics "DX Listening" by Glenn Hauser) I made a 2ft long ferrite rod antenna with a litz wire coil and an active circuit. It had an aluminum "U" channel covering it for electromagnetic shielding. It also tilted which was of benefit when trying to improve some signals. My farthest AM station I ever heard was during greyline in Huntington Beach to the Voice of Maldives on 1449 kHz. Finally got licensed in 1982. Keep up the great work Walt! 73 - KF6IF

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing that experience. Those are the magical moments of DXing. I've got to go find that Glenn Hauser article. Thanks and 73, Walt

[@kennethblackwell1137]

Very interesting. I did this when I was a kid....all the way through college in the late 1950;s. I had a little 5 tube superhet portable radio. Sometimes I used a long wire to extend the range. I dreamed of Ham radio, but that was beyond my means during that period. The antenna that you demonstrated looks interesting. I've not seen one before. I might have to try it.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

AM radio was so good back then and a 5 tube superhet must have really pulled in the signals.

[@FrancoDX]

Nice video Walt. I have the AN200 and a box loop I made myself with speaker wire and an old variable air capacitor, they work great. We have lost most AM stations in the U.K. unfortunately but that has opened up a larger DX window. Sometimes I can hear Kossuth Radio from Hungary in the morning or the afternoon just on the ferrite antenna, Radio Nacional in Spain is another strong station. At night the band is packed with European stations as you will know from visiting Poland, there’s a few Pirates higher up the band too. 73 Franco

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks Franco! I really enjoyed listening across Europe when I was there. I was very fortunate to catch a few LW and MW stations before they went silent. I would listen to Absolute Radio on 1215 kHz all the time before they went down. Very sad indeed. 73 my friend!

[@k2wo1]

Great video Walt! I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing all the information. 73, George K2WO

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks for watching and commenting George! 73, Walt

[@DXCentral]

Appreciate the plug, my friend and appreciate you helping to spread the word about AM/MW DXing! Hope all is well with you and the fam! 73 and best of DX.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you my friend! Spinning that AM dial and searching for distant stations was my entry into the radio world and probably still my favorite. I’m just an ultralight hacker, you’re a pro my friend and I enjoy watching you. 73! Walt

[@ehayes5217]

Yes, my early, VERY early interest in radio began when I was a kid, listening to & being fascinated whenever I'd hear one of the far-away AM broadcast stns at night, thinking how's THAT possible & why's it only at night🤔So, as u well know urself, it was soon "Hello CB radio," then a new Novice soon afterwards; great memories--maybe I need to make some new ones! 73 de WA4ELW in TN 🇺🇸 dit dit 😃

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Make some new memories my friend!!!!

[@CARLiCON]

great vid, lots of great DX tips...I DIY'd my own external loop antenna using an AM loop that came with and old stereo receiver & a variable capacitor. It works good but not as good as yours as it only had 6 turns of wire. Couple other tips: passive coupling will only work with a radio that already has a ferrite antenna. Also for beginners: choose a frequency that's not already occupied by a local station & then monitor at the top of the hour when they give their ID/call-sign. 73

[@ddouglas3687]

Good lord that storm nearly washed us off our land in Louisa county Va. yesterday and last night! Tnx for sharing man! Great little antenna! And great tips!👍👍👍

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks for watching, our house was shaking from the wind shortly after I did this video. What a storm.

[@cteddied88]

Im happy I watched your video. You reminded me that I bought one of these some years back and honestly havent given it much use. I'm digging it out today. And yes MW DX also got me into the hobby of SWL and scanning.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks for watching. Have fun!

[@jerrym1183]

Longtime Medium Wave DXer, and a Ham for +50 yrs, Medium Wave DXing is still a favorite of mine, I have several Tuneable loops as you as well as a home made 24 turn Spiral Loop about 2 foot in diameter, and tuned with a 10 - 365 of variable cap. Very addictive facet of this Hobby! Best DX all those years ago was 650 KORL Honolulu from near Buffalo NY, during a rare "quiet period" for blowtorch WSM. I still DX medium with beverage wires on the ground, 1521 Saudi Arabia used to come in, but did not hear it this last winter which was odd, maybe their transmitter/antenna has problems? fun stuff!!

[@josephbovio3447]

I appreciate you taking the time to make this video and share it, very interesting and a lot of good info. I just subbed.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you for the kind words and for subscribing!

[@MTimWeaver]

Pretty cool. I've got an old Radio Shack "fun mate' style transistor radio with the telescoping antenna. I may have to give that a try. I've also got an old roll up Sangean long wire (25' or so) antenna that went with the shortwave receiver I shipped back from Japan in 1990. Sadly, someone cut open the box and stole the radio...everything else in it was still there. USPS wouldn't do anything about it. That was a great radio I bought while I lived in Tokyo. I used to listen to the N Korean Spanish Language broadcast beamed toward South America in order to keep up on my Spanish...believe it, or not! :)

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Sorry that radio was taken. Cool memory listening to N Korea, thanks for sharing.

[@K6SUD]

I have never tried one of those antennas. Ill have to pick one up and try it out. Thx!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

It’s a lot of fun to play with.

[@markinnes4264]

Haha! Panapet at 3.05. I like your style already! I've been meaning to get one of those Tecsun loops.

[@KekmanForTheRestOfTheWorld]

i found a method to get even more out of that Tecsun loop: attach a MLA-30 (or similiar) Magnetic loop antenna to the radio and place the AN200 close to the loop. It will increase reception massivly and most of the static will be gone. Using that method i can get almost all of the british MW stations here in germany if the weather conditions are good. I still have to do more testing, but it seems to do more than just boost the signal from the AN200. Certainly gets rid of a lot of the static noice. Signals are much cleaning compared to using either antenna by itself. cheers

[@Saltshaker762-KF4LBG]

My Radio Shack Flavidio AM transistor (Tangerine colored) slept under my pillow. That monaural earpiece was my little secret...

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Hahaha perfect!

[@markhyman359]

That AM station you tuned in while demonstrating the loop mentioned the Boulavard of the Allies. That's in Pittdburgh, PA, and you probably tuned to KDKA AM 1020 - the first commercial radio station in the U.S.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Yes, it was probably on that frequency from where I was listening to a Penguins game on it a while back.

[@MagicRoosterBluesBand]

Hi Walt. I hear the Tecsun MW antenna also can be used on LW and 160m. Cheers!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Roger that, it might struggle a bit in those bands but it will work. Cheers!

[@kelley64]

Great video Walt. Keep them coming. 73 and hope to catch you on the air. Kf7zvl

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you! Catch you on the bands. 73, Walt

[@ratmadness4858]

did the same thing when I was a kid. late Saturday night transistor radio under the pillow. mostly stations from the West.

[@williamsteele5729]

Great Vid. I have the Select-Tenna from many years ago, was wondering how well the Tecsun antenna worked. i also have the Tecsun radio you showed. If I'm not mistaken, you can program it so that the extended whip works for MW/AM. Thanks for your great vids............

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks! Yes I think you can do that with the whip. I think the detachable ferrite bar works pretty good as well.

[@Philip-KA4KOE]

When I was 12, I'd listen to AM BC using an Archer Space Patrol walky/talky base station.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I remember those. They transmitted on CB channel 14.

[@pasjeihobby]

At the start of my radio journey I was a bit reppeled by the price of Tecsuns and other proper radios but then I was intruduced to ATS-20 😁 It is the most cheap and usefull piece of chinese tech I've seen so far 🤭 Anyway, great video Walt ! 👍👍👍

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you my friend! I’ve always wanted one of those. I need to get one soon.

[@pasjeihobby]

@@COASTALWAVESWIRES There is few iteration of this radio like 25 and others so have fun in choosing one 😆👍

[@truckinguy92]

That’s the exact age I got into listening to AM radio in 1979.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

That’s so cool!!! AM was so good back then.

[@David-km8in]

My first radio I had in 1976 was a Pye 3 band transistor radio. I can remember it was a Christmas present. I use a mw loop antenna on my Bush DC A90 radio, simply because it's a valve radio and has got very tired over the years. Needs recapping.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I've got a few oldies that need recapping myself. 73, Walt

[@David-km8in]

@@COASTALWAVESWIRES I could recap my radio but I have not got a variac. And they are hard to come by nowadays. I do have a friend who could do it, but he's repairs vintage radio but is inundated with work. Check out The International Shortwave League. A very good UK radio club. A lot of them are also amateur radio operators.

[@MemoriesRR]

I like your positive, enthusiastic presentations. Thank you. New sub..

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

@@MemoriesRR thank you so very much!!!

[@VintageGearMan]

I plan to use this on my vintage mid 1970"s Panasonic 8 track receiver. I wish I could find one example of someone using this with a vintage stereo receiver in here but to no avail. Your examples are helpful though. Thanks.

[@dandypoint]

Looks like you have a HQ-180 there. That should be a great receiver for the broadcast band. A long piece of wire on the ground ( a couple hundred feet long if possible) is a super antenna. It’s called a BOG or Beverage on the ground. I have a good bit of info about making them on my QRZ page and my KZbin channel. They are very broadbanded. I have used them from 100 feet long up to 480 feet with excellent results on my Drake R4C, Drake 2B and my Elecraft K3. No good for you though as they don’t work very well near water or over marsh! I never had good luck with Beverages in Hampton on the marsh but up here more inland they work really good!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I wish I had some ground to build that antenna, being stuck in the middle of Olde Towne Portsmouth in basically a row house is tough when it comes to antennas. I need to fire my HQ-180 up for a live video.

[@richardwatsonjr.5067]

Hi Walt, MV is pretty cool. I use a SDRPlay attached to my 10 - 80m EFHW. A 40m long wire will fill the MV dial from all over the country! Also, I use my 71 foot 9:1 wire, when I have it up, it works well too. 73. KC3UWT.

[@richardwatsonjr.5067]

MW AM that is.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

@@richardwatsonjr.5067 Roger that!

[@garypaulson5202]

Sounds like fun, got a loop on order

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I love MW DXing

[@johnf.2563]

Very informative, thank you.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thank you for watching!

[@billhennessy5118]

I have found that if you get a AM radio that is made for DX'ing like the CC radio or one of the 100$ Sangean's this loop dose not work on it. Those radios have very long built in ferrite rod coils that can pick up more signal than the loop can. However, I found you can open a hole new door with SDR radios. 73 de N5NOB

[@jaybird2299]

New subscriber Love the Video Thumbs up🤙🤙

[@stickstickley8944]

Outstanding video, and thanks for posting it. Ive been owning that same tecsun antenna for a few years and love it.Just ordered a sdr reciever, and was wondering if it is safe to go from sma to 3.5mm jack to connect to this antenna?

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks! and yes I do that all the time with mine and it works well.

[@stickstickley8944]

​@@COASTALWAVESWIRES Thanks for the info, the receiver has a 50 ohm, and hi-z option, im assuming the 50 ohm connection would be the correct way to connect?

[@SuperCapsfan101]

Great video as usual, Walt. I started with AM DX as well (most of us did). Have you hooked it up to the Hammarlund yet? That I’d like to see! Gud DX and 73, Mike K3CXG is who dat!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Hi Mike! That Hammarlund is getting a lot of love in the comments. I’m going to have to do a live DX night with it. WHO DAT!!

[@bevo65]

Off-topic, but that's a nice-looking watch!

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Thanks, it’s just a Timex Expedition.

[@bevo65]

@@COASTALWAVESWIRES Yep, I have one without the fancy bezel. Got it for $30 on Amazon. Love it!

[@KD9ZHF]

On my Sangean, I can tune by one at a time; if I scan, it goes by 10.

[@jazzy4887]

Try dxing low power community station in Chesapeake VA on 580 am ...Plays old country music .

[@johnhess351]

I have an AN200 and will try your suggestion. How about doing an 80m beach transmitting antenna?

[@Kitsaplorax]

İ listened to Woolfman Jack in Kansas at night on XERK. Have you tried using two tuned magnetic loop antennas together? I've never had the chance but I'm told you can null stations and pull out more signals.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I will give that a try!

[@jfretless]

I have had this for a few years now. I've been trying to use with my AV receiver, but never seemed to have much luck. Kinda never figured out how to connect it to AM ant input on the back of the receiver with the supplied 3.5mm wire. Any idea what the three wires would be pinout wise?

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I'm not sure. Seems like you should only have a 2 wire pinout and it wouldn't matter which is which with a loop. Sorry I couldn't help much more than that.

[@nr3rful]

ILnteresting, but how do you know what stations you are hearing. AM broadcasters do not announce where they are transmitting from ?

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

The publications I mentioned in the video is a good source, you can also do an internet search by frequency.

[@angelscomputers]

But that antenna will help me receive ham radio stuff as well ? Let say 10 or 20 meters? Or only works for MV?

[@johngarry7098]

Where does one go about getting that shirt you are wearing?

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

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[@dougmatthew9987]

Would this work for an SDR?

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Yes, I actually showed it with a SDR dongle in the video.

[@jeromeGrzelak]

I built one last year kg6mn

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Yeah I’ve been thinking about building one myself.

[@angelscomputers]

But you didn’t explained very well what is that hobby about my friend. So I fire up my radio, hear and station and then what? Put them in kind of a log? Send them a QSL? Sounds interesting to me but never tried.

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

I generally just log them and keep a log for myself. It's all up to you how you want to listen and what you want to do in the hobby.

[@axi6ne8us]

Can this work with an IC-705?

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Yes for receiving, it will work with any radio that receives 530 kHz to 1700 kHz

[@LB0FI]

You might have even steps on AM, but FM is a completely different story 😂

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

Blahahaha yes it is!

[@nsr_rat3100]

Has anyone had good luck using these antennas with a Ccrane EP Pro?

[@stevec5000]

This is all a scam and that loop antenna is not going to pick up any DX unless you plug a real outdoor antenna into it and use it to couple the signal to the radio.

[@deepwoods_dave7368]

Mine works great for MW dxing. You obviously have no clue how to use such a simple device.

[@stevec5000]

@@deepwoods_dave7368 Are you this idiots brother in law or what?

[@hikerglenn]

Great…you just made me spend some more money Walt! Thanks for another great video- 73 de N4LOX

[@COASTALWAVESWIRES]

hahahaha this one is not too much. 73, Walt