{"id":15310,"date":"2015-10-27T09:20:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=15310"},"modified":"2015-10-27T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T13:50:16","slug":"bills-simple-sony-srf-59-passive-loop-antenna-modification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/bills-simple-sony-srf-59-passive-loop-antenna-modification\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill&#8217;s simple Sony SRF-59 passive loop antenna modification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-SRF-59-AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15311\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-SRF-59-AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg\" alt=\"Sony-SRF-59-AM-Loop-Antenna\" width=\"800\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-SRF-59-AM-Loop-Antenna.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-SRF-59-AM-Loop-Antenna-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In reference to <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/srf-59\">our previous posts about the Sony SRF-59<\/a> ultralight receiver, <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Bill Mead, writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;As someone who doesn&#8217;t normally open the backs of radios, this is my mod on my ultralight. All it takes is a bit of electrical tape to hold the belt clip on the loop.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That is, indeed, a brilliant and simple mod. The SRF-59 inductively couples to the loop antenna, so no soldering is needed; simply tape the belt clip to the loop, making sure the position is convenient for tuning the SRF-59 and the loop&#8217;s capacitor.<\/p>\n<p>You can find passive loop antennas ranging from $19 to $50 US. The Grundig AN-200 and the Terk AM Advantage are two models currently on the market. Here are a few places you can check prices:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grundig AN-200:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/mwant\/0912.html\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Radio<\/a> ($19.99 at time of posting!)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Mpb44N\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a> (who also sells the same antenna <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1kLWDvm\" target=\"_blank\">branded as the Kaito AN-200<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336494907&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=Grundig+AN-200&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">eBay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Terk AM Advantage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccrane.com\/AM-Antennas\" target=\"_blank\">C.Crane<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/universal-radio.com\/catalog\/mwant\/2774.html\" target=\"_blank\">Universal Radio<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1POIuKz\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;pub=5574879351&amp;toolid=10001&amp;campid=5336494907&amp;customid=&amp;icep_uq=terk+advantage&amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;icep_catId=&amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;ipn=psmain&amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;kwid=902099&amp;mtid=824&amp;kw=lg\" target=\"_blank\">eBay.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In reference to our previous posts about the Sony SRF-59 ultralight receiver, SWLing Post reader, Bill Mead, writes: &#8220;As someone who doesn&#8217;t normally open the backs of radios, this is my mod on my ultralight. All it takes is a bit of electrical tape to hold the belt clip on the loop.&#8221; That is, indeed, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4199,373,3607,3,139],"tags":[4339,3417,495,493,4338,494,487],"class_list":["post-15310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-am","category-antennas","category-news","category-radio-modifications","tag-am-passive-loop-antenna","tag-magnetic-loop-antennas","tag-sony","tag-sony-srf-59","tag-sony-srf-59-mod","tag-srf-59","tag-ultralight-dxing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3YW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14828,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/hearing-shortwave-on-the-sony-srf-59-amfm-walkman\/","url_meta":{"origin":15310,"position":0},"title":"Hearing shortwave on the Sony SRF-59 AM\/FM walkman","author":"Thomas","date":"September 19, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Steve, writes: I check in on your blog frequently. 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The venerable\u00a0SRF-59 has long been one of the least expensive, quality analog AM\/FM receivers on the market. I originally purchased one new for $14.95\u00a0US including shipping. 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I sold most of my collection of receivers some years ago but I'm still interested in AM DXing and especially ultralight DXing (thats why I have three SRF59).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;AM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sony-SRF-18","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-SRF-18.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-SRF-18.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Sony-SRF-18.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15239,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/roberts-modified-version-of-the-sony-srf-39fp\/","url_meta":{"origin":15310,"position":5},"title":"Robert&#8217;s modified version of the Sony SRF-39FP","author":"Thomas","date":"October 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Robert who comments on our post about the Sony SRF-39FP: Here's a Suped-up Version of the SRF-39FP made for me by Gary DeBock. 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