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What is the best radio / antenna to get distant OTR stations?

April 26, 2017antenna best distant OTR radio stations

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What is the best radio / antenna to get distant OTR stations?

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A22. Several readers have been acclaiming the GE SuperRadio III as an excellent choice for picking up distant AM stations that carry OTR programming. Although the tuning dial has notoriously poor calibration, the sensitivity and selectivity seem superior to other radios. Some readers have had good success with the Select-A-Tenna antenna advertised in several magazines, and the Grove Catalog. The S-A-T seems to be rather directional, and may eliminate off-axis interference. Ham Radio magazines sometimes carry information about small loop antennas for AM DX-ing. Some pointers to instructions on how to build them are at http://www.old-time.com. Also, Dan Hughes (dan@soltec.