{"id":46793,"date":"2020-12-05T08:29:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T12:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46793"},"modified":"2020-12-05T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T12:29:56","slug":"video-pairing-the-an-200-loop-antenna-with-the-icom-ic-705","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/12\/video-pairing-the-an-200-loop-antenna-with-the-icom-ic-705\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Pairing the AN-200 loop antenna with the Icom IC-705"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC-705-630-AM-Dial-scaled-e1602855222700.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45971\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IC-705-630-AM-Dial-scaled-e1602855222700.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"346\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/F8Jlu2NuPWo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<\/a> featuring the Tecsun AN-200 on the Waters &amp; Stanton YouTube channel:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F8Jlu2NuPWo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I told so many over the years that I honestly think the AN200 is one of the most useful and effective mediumwave antennas you can purchase. It&#8217;s portable and it pairs so easily with most any radio.<\/p>\n<h1>Retailers:<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hamradiostore.co.uk\/catalog\/product\/view\/id\/4242\/s\/tecsun-an-200\/category\/276\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waters &amp; Stanton (UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3qDAtyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon.com (US&#8211;<em>affiliate link<\/em>)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anon-co.com\/product\/tecsun-an200-am-antenna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anon-Co (Global)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dennis Dura, who shares the following video featuring the Tecsun AN-200 on the Waters &amp; Stanton YouTube channel: I told so many over the years that I honestly think the AN200 is one of the most useful and effective mediumwave antennas you can purchase. It&#8217;s portable and it pairs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3607,3,304],"tags":[108,5875,114,7958,9021],"class_list":["post-46793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antennas","category-news","category-videos","tag-an200","tag-dennis-dura","tag-grundig-an200","tag-tecsun-an200","tag-waters-stanton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-caJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48821,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/radio-deal-an200-loop-antenna-on-sale-at-ham-radio-outlet\/","url_meta":{"origin":46793,"position":0},"title":"Radio Deal: AN200 loop antenna on sale at Ham Radio Outlet","author":"Thomas","date":"May 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Grant Porter, who notes that Ham Radio Outlet has the Eton\/Grundig AN200 loop antenna on a closeout sale for $15.00. As Grant notes, this is an especially great deal if you live near an HRO retails store. 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I was favorably impressed with the product. Comparing it to my old 9' diameter tuned\/shielded loop from 1992, there are some similarities and differences. 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