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Originally Posted by Avid_Nerdlinger
What kind of aerial were these people using? Perhaps it was a dedicated complicated companion aerial with a band selector switch or were users required to change aerials between AM and SW? Anyone know?
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The majority of people wouldn't have been technical enough to do that....setmakers tended to make things as simple as possible...and in most cases, make the sets as non-critical of aerial types as practical. As Crackle says, just a longwire as high as possible, away from interference sources. You should get good results with that.
If you want something a little more sophisticated you could go as far as stringing a 30ft wire as high as possible horizontally across the garden if you have the room and then taking the connection to the radio via a 'downlead'. You could also add an earth in the form of a copper rod buried in the earth and take that to the earth socket of the radio. 90% of people would just have a longwire though and probably not more than 5 feet hanging from a picture rail.....
There is plenty of info on the internet regarding AM aerials if you want to learn more. You really only need a more sophisticated aerial if you are doing serious shortwave listening and need 'tuned' aerials.