[exray]

First, I want to thank everyone for the help. It's great to have a place to get some expert advice. You are bringing many radios back to life!

I aligned the radios and they seem to work well. When I place my hand on one of the radios near the antenna, the volume increases significantly. The other one is not affected as much. the one that is sensitive is the one that I installed the new loop antenna. I double checked the number of loops, they are the same. I did use a slightly larger gauge magnet wire. The volume is sufficient but not as loud as the radio with the original antenna. I should probably leave it alone but now it bugs me. Is there a way to tune the new antenna?

Jim

If you had an inductance meter it would be a piece of cake. Otherwise you're limited to trial and error. If my thinking cap is on straight you need to add more inductance if your hand increases the volume. If you're willing to dive in try adding about one turn at a time while listening on the LOW end of the band, around 550. You're probably not off more than a turn or two. In my playing around I've found those loops can be critical to about half a turn if you're being precise. Be sure to tweak the antenna trimmer cap at the HIGH end, usually 1400 or so, each time you make a change. If you run out of trimmer range you'll know you have gone too far.