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

This antenna greatly improved the AM reception on my Midland AM FM clock radio with weather alert.The reception went from being very static to loud and clear. I didn't think it would help that much. Placed the antenna next to the radio and turned the timing knob until the station was clear. No connection to radio, and no batteries required.

Works as it should,

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.

Hesitant to post a review, since I know nothing about radio antenna and maybe this works with a different kind than mine. But I can say it made no measurable difference (and I tried all over the house, all over the yard, every angle, full AM band) with one of the little emergency hand crank radios. Holding the end of the antenna in my hand Did make a difference.

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.

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

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.