CC Radio 3E and active magnetic loop question

[rfcld]

I’ve been using a CC radio 3E for awhile now and I love it. My problem is heavy RFI at my location. Does anyone know if hooking up an active magnetic loop antenna to the CC 3E is feasible? What about overloading? Interference from the internal ferrite rod antenna? (Hooking up an external antenna does not bypass the internal antenna).

 

[13dka]

It is feasible, but if it will do much good is questionable. The loopstick will continue to pick up the RFI and only when the stars align in your favor the signal from the loop could be high enough that it still increases the SNR to some degree. IOW there may or may not be some improvement here and there, but the point of the CC radios is their internal loopstick performance. If you cannot harvest that performance due to operating it in a too noisy environment, almost any radio without an such an internal QRM catcher but a decent antenna outside will outperform it. Then you can still feed the audio of that other radio into the CCR3E's aux input and enjoy its great sound!

 

[rfcld]

Thanks for the reply. I’ve been coming to the same conclusion that there is just no way to bypass the effects of the internal antenna. That being said, the CCr3 is a great little receiver. The stray RFI has just been slowly increasing over the years and is now becoming unbearable!

 

[rfcld]

I’m happy to report that the problem was about 95% solved by the placement of appx. $1 Huarew choke coils on two power cords. I tracked down the sources by flipping breakers and then testing appliances, lights, etc. on the noisy circuits. Problems were a router (no surprise there) and digital clock on the kitchen range. Should have checked my own home first!😕