This sale is for a passive receive MW ferrite antenna for your portable radio covering the mediumwave (AM broadcast band) frequencies from 530 - 1710 KHz. The Sony ICF-SW07 shown in the listing is NOT included in this sale, but is shown to demonstrate the antenna in operation.   

If you have a portable AM/FM receiver, it will likely have a built-in ferrite antenna for receiving mediumwave signals.  However, ferrite antennas built into such receivers have major weaknesses:

• They are usually made cheaply (shortened) and do not offer best signal recovery for the radio.  They offer weak reception.
• They do not tune the antenna to match the incoming signal, you can tune the radio, but not the antenna to optimize reception

This mediumwave tunable ferrite antenna is a tool for those people who spend a lot of time listening to AM radio perhaps to hear their favorite sports channel or talk show.   

To operate the tunable antenna, you need to experiment with placement of the antenna near the radio, with tuning the antenna for best sensitivity and also with rotating for best signal reception.  This experimentation will differ from radio to radio with some units being an easy match.  Other radios require some time to determine the location of the internal ferrite to couple with the tunable MW antenna and a little more time to tweak reception. 

To control the side channel interference and the strong signals, you have two controls.  First, you can adjust the antenna tuning to control to peak or null the signal strength.  Second, you can rotate the antenna to improve reception the signal on the desired frequency and attenuate another signal on a nearby frequency.  We found that the combination of these two controls allowed us to generally improve reception dramatically on the AM broadcast band and gave our ICF-SW07 much more versatility. 

Features of this tunable ferrite antenna:

• Frequency range of 530 KHz - 1710 KHz
• Tunable for maximum signal gain
• Compact for easy transport
• Easy to use
• Does not require batteries...passive
• Wireless coupling connection with shortwave radios 
• Great signal gain for DXing and improved AM band performance
• Low impedance output to connect 50 ohm scanning radios (with mediumwave band reception and requires a connecting cable - not supplied) 

Some examples of handheld radios that may use this antenna:

• Icom IC-R10  (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• Icom IC-R20  (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• Icom IC-R30  (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• AOR AR8200 (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• Alinco DJX-2000  (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• Kenwood TH-D74  (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• Yaesu VR-500  (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• Yupiteru MVT-9000  (requires a connecting cable as there is not internal ferrite to couple with)
• Sony ICF-SW1 / ICF-SW100 / ICF-SW-07 / ICF-SW6700GR & more
• Radio Shack/Realistic DX-390 / DX-392 / DX-398 & more
• Sangean ATS-803A / ATS-818 / ATS-909
• Tecsun Brand radios
• Degen Brand radios
• Eton Brand radios (except the E1XM and the Satellit 750)
• any other portable or handheld that receives mediumwave (AM broadcast band) signals

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