I did promised a photo of a Beam-A-Scope, didn't I? This is a loop antenna inside an vintage console radio. You can see the wood dowel at the top, as well as the connectors for connecting to the radio set. It rotates on those dowels so you can get best reception. Fits inside the lower part of the console cabinet. This is from a GE radio, but Crosley, Philco and all the rest had their own versions in their better console radios, especially if they included short wave bands. Your radio could stay against the wall and you could reach behind and rotate the antenna. This link should take you to the photo.
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Thanks for the picture. I have run across several styles of antennas in old radios I have worked on throughout the years, but not that one!
That's what it looks like.
That was my first thought.
Sakrete, What they had to do to manufacture old products, right here in the USA.
I have several Zenith Transoceanics that do just that. Place the wave magnet (BCB Loop antenna) in a small pinhole on the radio's handle then you just rotate the antenna not the whole radio. Another solution is to buy a small turntable or "Lazy Susan" at a place like Bed, Bath, and Beyond or similar store and sit the radio on that.
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