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Believe it or not, an A.M. radio question

I am on the 33rd florr of a downtown office building and have a small Marantz office system with a built in AM/FM tuner. FM reception is fine even with the stock antenna. However, with the stock plastic loop for AM, I cannot pull in any stations. Have any of you in high rise buildings used any after market AM antennae that will pull in AM stations in this environment. I want to listen to some of the local talk shows.

I have no idea whether something like the Terk powered antennae will work on AM in this situation.

Thanks for your help.

Frank
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A powered antenna will not do the trick ... AM waves behave differently than FM waves. For AM reception, placing the radio by the window may work better than using a long piece of wire. Modern era AM tuners are poor quality after thoughts and the AM plastic loop antennas that are supplied are no match for traditional ferrite core AM antennas. Another answer may be the AM antenna sold by CCrane .

Regards, Rich
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