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In Reply to: RE: My AM tuner stops every 9Khz and I can't tune in station - anyone know why? posted by Cut-Throat on October 27, 2009 at 08:48:09
Hi, Cut-Throat:
I hope you manage to resolve the problem(s) you have reported relative to receiving AM stations.
I own a couple of 1950's "hi-fi" AM only tuners. One of these is a Fisher AM-80 (I seem to remember) and for pulling in AM stations, it is hard to beat. I have not used it in many years now, but when I did, it was quite possible to record off the air with good results, as it offered a wide-band and narrow-band option. The trick is to kill heterdynes and whistles if you can, with filters. The tuner went up to 10K in frequency response, which I believe, is pretty much the upper limit for AM.
The other tuner is one made by EICO in the late fifties. That one, also, is a good performer, generally-speaking.
Now, if you really want to experience some of the best AM reception possible, there are those fancy mega-buck receivers manufactured in the thirties and forties by E.H. Scott!
Or...how about a McMurdo-Silver Masterpiece VI? (see link below for a thrill)
Lust!
A good tabletop rotational box-frame loop antenna will allow you to null out "co-channel" interference effectively.
Richard Links
Berkeley, CA
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