[bars] Looking for suggestions for good AM Broadcast Table Top Radio Receiver

[sidj at day100.com]

Hi,

I have an Eton Elite at $about $120 from HRO Salem.  Also there is a more expensive Eton radio priced at about $400.

The Eton Elite requires an external wire antenna.


Sidney Johnston

> 
>     It seems the club has several Shortwave and AM Broadcast Radio Listeners.
> 
>     After a fair amount of discussion with the Sat AM Zoom meeting and speaking with my brother who is the one looking to improve his AM radio reception I thought I would ask BARS for comments.
> 
>     For AM radio reception my brother seems to want to limit his choice to a
>     tabletop radio with good AM radio reception, includes FM broadcast radio reception, good audio, and if needed an external tabletop AM loop antenna about a foot in diameter.
> 
>     Radio receiver in $200 price range.
>     Loop antenna in $20-30 price range.
> 
>     He is excluding radio over the internet and WiFi radio.
>     Also excluding SDR.
> 
>     Not presently concerned with SW listening.
> 
>     I suggested he look at radio manufacturers like:
>     C. Crane
>     Sangean
>     Grundig
> 
>     What about Sony?
> 
>     AM Loop Antennas from:
>     Kaito
>     Tecsun
>     Terk
> 
>     Model: AN-200.
> 
>     I also mentioned radio equipment suppliers like:
>     Crutchfield (He said he could not find tabletop radios here)
>     Ham Radio Outlet ( for SW listener receivers )
>     DX Engineering  ( for SW listener receivers )
> 
>     Thanks
> 
>     Steve
>     AC1EX
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