Modifed Radio Shack Shortwave Amplifed Antenna for Long Wave
This modification was built for the long wave bands. I used 1 2.5mh inductor to resonate the tuning circuit. It was from an old Radio Shack shortwave amplifed antenna that I kept in the drawer cause it was missing 2 1 mh inductors. I used speaker terminals to insert and pull out the inductors. Soon this antenna will be encased in a boxed enclosure along with selector switch. It was the older antenna I bought from Radio Shack back in 1994 when it was .99, but band A died on it. So I just put it away, but lost the enclosure, a year later I modified for LW. You will see me going back and forth tuning the active antenna and a G5 Grundig shortwave receiver. This project was a modifcation of a active antenna that was out of warranty along time ago, and was about to be thrown in the trash, so I saved it from destruction and kept it out of the landfill. With all of this e waste, we need to rebuild something new sometimes. Covers 150 khz to 540 khz. I bought the inductors from various places. The signals that were copied, but the interference is still in the area was beacon CLB, OR, some others were not picking up cause i was using a wire antenna on the wall. Stay tuned for the next upcoming video when I pick up Canadian beacons and more.