[mikethedruid]

Last night I finally got around to trying the Olympic using my outside antenna and ground. WOW ! What a difference ! My workbench is in a dead spot, and is subject to an interference caused by an electronic mouse trap which is on the same circuit in the house. It is also in a dead area signal wise because the whole house has a layer of aluminum backed insulation around it which shields it from radio signals to a large degree. Despite this the Olympic was picking up a lot of signals on both bands, although a large section of the AM band had a loud buzzing from the interference. Last night, on the outside antenna, that interference was gone, and I was very happily surprised at how many stations came in on both bands. WSM 650 from Nashville came booming in, it had been barely audible on my work bench through the interference,, and I was picking up other stations from all over the place. The 6x9 inch speaker sounds great. I'm a very happy camper.