TECSUNAN-200 AM/MW Rotatable Tuneable Loop Gain Radio Antenna(No Battery Needed)

Works as advertised, but I live in a house with a tin/steel roofand aluminum siding. It's almost like being in a Faraday cage. Although it did improve my medium wave reception on a shortwave/am/FM radio I just bought. Whereas I could not pick up any stations before, with the Loop I picked up 5 or 6 stations, 2 of them pretty strong, the others somewhat weak. But, that was an improvement! Thus the 4 stars. Ah, what the heck, I'll upgrade to 5 stars, that was pretty darn good after all.

I restore vintage/antique tube-type radios for a hobby - have done so for several decades. Most of them (pre-WW2 era) have connections for an antenna and ground ("A" and "G") on the back of the chassis. These radios were designed to use about 100 feet of wire for an antenna, to be installed outdoors. The Ground was to connect to an earth ground - preferably an outdoor copper rod driven at least 6 feet into the ground. This antenna does a remarkably good job by itself, without all the expense and installation problems. Simply attach the supplied wire to the back of your radio's "A" and "G" terminals, and you're done. (Note: I found that the best results can be had by connecting the center wire of the supplied antenna cable to your radio's "Ground" terminal, and the outside wire (braided copper) to your radio's "Antenna" terminal.) The only downside is that you have to "tune" the antenna to the station you're trying to listen to. Merely set the tuning dial on your radio to about where the station should be, and slowly rotate the dial on the antenna to maximize the reception. You can then fine-tune the tuning dial on your radio for the best reception.This antenna can also significantly boost the signal of a more "modern" radio - even hand-held portables. You don't need to do any connecting; merely place the antenna next to the radio, tweak the antenna's tuning dial, and you're done. Weak, static-filled stations will come in far better.NOTE: This antenna is designed for AM broadcasts. It won't do very much for shortwave or FM reception.

I own two of these Tecsun AN 200 MW antennas. One I use on a modern Grundig 750 SW/MW/FM commercial receiver. I find it works wonderfully... It was designed for the Tecsun/Grundig clone so it should work. The other radio is my grandparents restored Philco model 96 (from the 1930s). Even this the nearly 90 year old radio the Tecsun helps it really pull in the distant stations with ease.The antenna is ease to connect (assuming you know how to) and tune. It's a great, compact, lightweight, antenna for the AM BC band. The AM band physically needs a very large antenna to work really well and that just not practical in all locations. And many times that tiny internal AM antenna doesn't pull in much signal. This antenna is a great solution.

My 1936 Crosley tube AM radio is not equipped with an internal ferrite antenna. It has a terminal lug for an antenna wire and a ground lug. I connected the tips of the supplied cable to the lugs with alligator clips. Nothing. I disconnected the antenna and held the antenna wire with my hand and received a few stations. When I let go no reception. My body became the ground.My radio is useless where I live because there are no AM stations close by. The Tecsun antenna is a good unit but not for my radio.

Good boost to AM for better you need to hund down a C. Crane Twin ferrite antenna, nothing compares to it. Would have been better if it included the adapter with two leads which is common for receivers used in AV systems

Nice size, worked and looks goid

It may just be my radio and location, but I was disappointed with the function of this device. I had read that this type of antenna worked very well for others so I bought it. However, it really did not significantly improve the signal strength on my AM radio. Oh well, live and learn.

This antenna is nicely designed and constructed. It looks great in a room, looks like a piece of art and certainly gets attention from visitors. The first time I used this antenna was during the day, and I easily picked up AM radio stations from as much as 200 miles away. I use this antenna with a Tecsun PL-880, which is a great radio for listening to AM. It's very sensitive, but only uses its built-in antenna for AM, and does not have a connector for an external antenna. The AN-200 works with this radio by inductive coupling. You point the antenna in the direction of the station, and place the radio near the antenna to focus the signal onto it. The biggest problem with this arrangement is finding the best location for the radio relative to the antenna, which can take some fiddling to optimize. Otherwise, when I use this antenna at night, it makes all the difference between being able to tune a long distance station, and, with the antenna, hearing it so clearly that it sounds like it might be a local station. The antenna gets 5 stars, and when my Tecsun PL-880 is out of warranty, I'm adding an external AM antenna connection.