{"id":22477,"date":"2016-11-29T08:58:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T12:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=22477"},"modified":"2016-11-29T09:22:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T13:22:59","slug":"radios-with-rotatable-am-antennas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/radios-with-rotatable-am-antennas\/","title":{"rendered":"Radios With Rotatable AM Antennas?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Panasonic RF-2200 sports a rotatable AM\/MW antenna<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes:<\/p>\n

With your broad knowledge of radios, wondering if you can add anything to this list of portable radios, past and present, that have 360 degree rotatable directional AM ferrite antennas. Reason is I am looking for an AM portable for the nightstand for nulling out unwanted AM stations while also doing a little DXing.<\/p>\n

The list I have from data mining the ‘Net is:<\/p>\n

New models with rotatable AM antennas:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • CountyCom GP5\/SSB,<\/li>\n
  • Tecsun PL-360,<\/li>\n
  • Grundig Satellite 750,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Older (vintage) models:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Panasonic RF-2200,<\/li>\n
    • Panasonic RF-1150,<\/li>\n
    • Panasonic RF-877,<\/li>\n
    • Panasonic RF-1180<\/li>\n
    • most RDF (Radio Direction Finder) radios that were used on boats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      “Boom Box” variety:<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      • Radio Shack 12- 795,<\/li>\n
      • Emerson MBR-1,<\/li>\n
      • Rhapsody RY-610.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        [RDF radios]\u00a0are kind of big, however Raytheon, Ray Jefferson, and Nova-Tech did have smaller model RDFs that could be considered table-tops).<\/p>\n

        The alternative is to build or buy a passive indoor antenna.<\/p>\n

        Maybe readers know of other models?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        Thank you for your inquiry, Mario! I will do a little research of my own because you listed every model (and more) I could think of off the top of my head.<\/p>\n

        Post<\/em> readers: Please comment with any models we could add to this list. <\/strong><\/p>\n

        I will take all of the suggestions and make a master list to post here on the SWLing Post <\/em>so it’ll be easier for others to research in the future. I’m pretty sure this question has come up before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: With your broad knowledge of radios, wondering if you can add anything to this list of portable radios, past and present, that have 360 degree rotatable directional AM ferrite antennas. Reason is I am looking for an AM portable for the nightstand for nulling out […]<\/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":true,"_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":[373,3607,433,3,3196,26],"tags":[1646,4311,374,4099,5654],"class_list":["post-22477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-am","category-antennas","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-portable-radio","category-radios","tag-ferrite-antennas","tag-mario-filippi-n2hun","tag-medium-wave","tag-mediumwave","tag-rotatable-am-antennas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5Qx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64377,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/surprisingly-capable-mario-checks-out-the-raddy-rf750-plus\/","url_meta":{"origin":22477,"position":0},"title":"Surprisingly Capable: Mario Checks Out the Raddy RF750 Plus","author":"Thomas","date":"October 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mario Filippi, who shares the following review: Raddy RF750 Plus AM\/FM\/SW\/NOAA Radio by Mario Filippi I purchased one of these tiny radios several months ago. 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[...]\u00a0Also has old vintage pics. A little of this and that on the website,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Accessories"","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/accessories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"GodarAntennas","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GodarAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GodarAntennas.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GodarAntennas.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":36370,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/guest-post-repairing-the-national-panasonic-dr22-the-panasonic-rf-2200s-euro-sibling\/","url_meta":{"origin":22477,"position":3},"title":"Guest Post: Repairing the National Panasonic DR22, the Panasonic RF-2200\u2019s Euro-Sibling","author":"Thomas","date":"March 6, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who shares the following guest post: National Panasonic DR22, the Panasonic RF-2200\u2019s Euro-Sibling By Mario Filippi, N2HUN (All photos courtesy of author) Thomas, your recent and thoroughly excellent post on the Panasonic RF-2200 was the inspiration for this short review of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Panasonic-DR-22-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Panasonic-DR-22-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Panasonic-DR-22-7.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/National-Panasonic-DR-22-7.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":31114,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-lazy-susan-marios-mediumwave-companion\/","url_meta":{"origin":22477,"position":4},"title":"The Lazy Susan: Mario’s mediumwave companion","author":"Thomas","date":"March 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mario Filippi (N2HUN), who writes: Here is a handy tip for those using small magnetic loops, like the Grundig AN-200. 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