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Tecsun AN-200 = Sutekus

Issac Quincey
 

Are these a good starter aerial for somebody who is only just starting out in the hobby? 

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On Saturday, January 29th, 2022 at 5:55 AM, FenDrifter via groups.io <essexmarshman@...> wrote:

Hi all
I just received today from Amazon a Sutekus loop antenna, thinking it appeared the same as the Tecsun AN-200. To my surprise it was both! See the below pics for explanation. In terms of effectiveness I am hugely disappointed. I was under the impression that it would enhance weak stations, but that wasn’t my experience. The first radio I tried it on was my Tecsun PL-330. I tried multiple positions all round the set, tuning the full sweep of the unit (not very great) in each position. The only effect I noticed was, in what I assume was the tuned position, was loud static. Next I tried a Philips AE-3405/01 with exactly the same result. I then tried a very cheap and nasty NT-999 which produced a minor level of enhancement and showing a surprisingly wide tuning range which separated on one occasion three stations within it’s sweep. So, I don’t feel I can send it back, because it does actually work although I’ll probably never use it again. If anyone else has a more positive experience with this I’d be interested to hear it. My own recommendation is to avoid it. 

Drifter
FenDrifter
 

Hi Marc
What do you mean by a standard tuner please?
Drifter
p.s. Glad to see you’re a Penguin man, I’m a Ubuntu man myself, running on my Dell laptop. But I’m writing this on my iPad 🤭
Marc Coevoet
 

Op 28/01/2022 om 19:55 schreef FenDrifter via groups.io:
Hi all
I just received today from Amazon a Sutekus loop antenna,
I have a "true" tecsun.

- It tunes very fine, so don't turn the wheel too fast.
- connect it to a standard tuner ...


Marc
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FenDrifter
 

Hi all
I just received today from Amazon a Sutekus loop antenna, thinking it appeared the same as the Tecsun AN-200. To my surprise it was both! See the below pics for explanation. In terms of effectiveness I am hugely disappointed. I was under the impression that it would enhance weak stations, but that wasn’t my experience. The first radio I tried it on was my Tecsun PL-330. I tried multiple positions all round the set, tuning the full sweep of the unit (not very great) in each position. The only effect I noticed was, in what I assume was the tuned position, was loud static. Next I tried a Philips AE-3405/01 with exactly the same result. I then tried a very cheap and nasty NT-999 which produced a minor level of enhancement and showing a surprisingly wide tuning range which separated on one occasion three stations within it’s sweep. So, I don’t feel I can send it back, because it does actually work although I’ll probably never use it again. If anyone else has a more positive experience with this I’d be interested to hear it. My own recommendation is to avoid it. 

Drifter

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