I want to listen to AM talk radio about 30 miles away. Any suggestions?
2030011
The best antenna for AM Radio is a long wire attached on one end to the AM antenna screw on your radio; the other end can be loose. The longer the wire, and the higher in elevation you place the wire, the better.
2030012
this antenna is cut for FM/TV band. for local AM you might try a short (4-5 ft) plain metal wire ant.
2030013
We listen to an FM station 35 miles away and it works great, but it is called an FM antenna. So I just don't know.
2030014
Well - this antenna won't help you at all. For AM reception a "long wire" style antenna is preferred. Simply try and string up as long as piece of wire as you can with the wire parallel to the station you want to pick up. Generally 20-30 feet of speaker type wire "unzipped" to make a single strand...buy 15 feet of wire, unzip it, twist the wires together in the middle and you have a 30' piece. Hook one end to the AM antenna jack on your receiver and try to get the remaining wire up as high and as straight as you can. But don't go nuts...I've run the wire out a window and along the eaves just under the house and its worked great. And you can't beat the price! Good luck!
2030015
Well - this antenna won't help you at all. For AM reception a "long wire" style antenna is preferred. Simply try and string up as long as piece of wire as you can with the wire parallel to the station you want to pick up. Generally 20-30 feet of speaker type wire "unzipped" to make a single strand...buy 15 feet of wire, unzip it, twist the wires together in the middle and you have a 30' piece. Hook one end to the AM antenna jack on your receiver and try to get the remaining wire up as high and as straight as you can. But don't go nuts...I've run the wire out a window and along the eaves just under the house and its worked great. And you can't beat the price!Good luck! Well - this antenna won't help you at all. For AM reception a "long wire" style antenna is preferred. Simply try and string up as long as piece of wire as you can with the wire parallel to the station you want to pick up. Generally 20-30 feet of speaker type wire "unzipped" to make a single strand...buy 15 feet of wire, unzip it, twist the wires together in the middle and you have a 30' piece. Hook one end to the AM antenna jack on your receiver and try to get the remaining wire up as high and as straight as you can. But don't go nuts...I've run the wire out a window and... » Read More Well - this antenna won't help you at all. For AM reception a "long wire" style antenna is preferred. Simply try and string up as long as piece of wire as you can with the wire parallel to the station you want to pick up. Generally 20-30 feet of speaker type wire "unzipped" to make a single strand...buy 15 feet of wire, unzip it, twist the wires together in the middle and you have a 30' piece. Hook one end to the AM antenna jack on your receiver and try to get the remaining wire up as high and as straight as you can. But don't go nuts...I've run the wire out a window and along the eaves just under the house and its worked great. And you can't beat the price!Good luck! « Show Less
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I own several Dakota Alerts. I am using one that is a little over a mile away and it works perfectly. I have another one with an external antenna on a 20 foot mast that I can hear 5 miles away.
2217452
Yes, FM only. You do not know what station you are on unless they say it on air, and reception distance is pretty short. I live outside of Tampa where stations are plentiful and it seems more than about 30 miles away is sketchy. The speakers are pretty loud and can be heard up to about 55 m.p.h.
2098361
You would need to pick a station that is the most optimal for reception. Here, live 106.7 is really bad on my car - I can only hear just a faint, but 105.9 (unused station) did it for me. Now it sounds really clear without any humming noise during intermission.
385536
I haven't tried for any AM Stations - but - I do get some FM Stations of my choice! It helps IF you know the Call Letters of the Station you are seeking!
223010
It would depend on your listening location. For example, if you live within the city or suburbs of Boston, I would think AM reception would be quite good. You may also get decent reception if you live in RI or Southern NH since many Boston stations are very powerful and put out strong signals during the day. At night, most of those stations reduce their signal strength, but generally, I would think the Tecsun PL 380 would work quite well on AM in the Boston area.
1139328
A directional external antenna mounted outdoors away from trees and obstructions would help if you are trying to receive Denver stations. I would avoid purchasing an external amplifier for the antenna, as it would likely only increase noise. You probably want your radio placed near a window as well. Knowing approximately how powerful the individual stations you are trying to pick up would be helpful, as it would give you an idea of how much work you have ahead of you.
2022045
The advertise range is 60 miles. I get good (line of site) reception from stations that are about 45 miles away
1596471
I live 15-25 miles from tv stations in hilly country. I have to use a digital conerter box plus an antenna.
1390002
Yes, if it's a bad station. I finally found a good one for my area, 88.1 FM. No more static.
1001620
Yes it's a great AM/FM radio but make sure you use an antenna. Hope this helps :)
1920977
We have had no problem with either AM or FM reception and listen to the radio as often as the CD player. We do live in a rural area on top of a hill, but the nearest station is about 17 miles away, and we have no problems receiving it.
43046
I live 45 miles away from the stations. This antenna easily picked up all the stations I wanted. Good luck! Please check out www.tvfool.com for more info on stations you can get in your area.
898677
I live in Columbus Ohio and it works fine here. You just need to find a radio station number that is not in use. It helps to find the radio dial number that is not close to any stations (like at least .2 away) so it might be a good investment of time to manual go up the dial and find a good number. I then program that radio frequency number is a favorite station so to speak so that all i have to do is plug in the unit and hit a fav button on my radio and I'm good to go. Note that this is not a perfect sound quality, you will get a little bit of white noise coming in as well, but if the music is on a reasonable level, you will most likely be happy enough with the quality.
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that depends of course on the power of the radio station. Simply put, at this time: of all portable receivers that i have played with (and i have owned too many) this is the most sensitive for FM. For AM: It is not in the same league as the PL-310ET (the ferrite rod is too short). For SW: distance is not the issue, but time of day and sun activity -but it is quite good. In worst case, Amazon is very generous in understanding that this was returned because it did not meet your requirements
1059038
Press the MM/LW button located under the FM button. This will give access to AM stations.
1495999
FM Talk, yes, AM Talk, f* no. To get AM stations in you have to get a good shortwave radio that can get AM radio, then use an FM transmitter to get the AM piped over to FM. Pain in the but. I love talk radio so that is what I had to do. None of these portable earmuff style radios get in AM reception. They might if you are within a block of a tower and outside with no obstructions.