Magnetic Antenna (Patent No: 517026)

Inventor: Pritchard, Frederick M. (assignee)

Location: Taber

Comments: N/A

Description: John Irvin Anderson, Barnwell, Alberta, Canada, assignor of fifteen per cent to Frederick M. Pritchard, Taber, Alberta, Canada Application March 26, 1954, Serial No. 663,598 1 Claim

An antenna for use with broadcast receiving sets comprising a horseshoe magnet provided with a first insulated wire winding distributed throughout the length of said magnet, a keeper and a shuttle positioned between the poles of said magnet said shuttle being provided with a second winding said second winding being connected in shunt with said first winding at a first and a second connection point said first point being adapted for further connection to the antenna post of a receiver and said second point being connected to said horseshoe magnet and thence to ground, should the receiver require a ground connection.