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Date:         Tue, 4 Oct 2005 17:52:02 +0000
Reply-To:     rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Todd Last <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: AM radio antenna *update*
Comments: To: aircooledchris@EUCASAFARI.VENDIOWEB.COM
Comments: cc: Chris Renz <aircooledchris@EUCASAFARI.VENDIOWEB.COM>

Used to be that any new radio had an adjustment you had to make to tune the antenna for am. I believe this was called a trimmer. If it is not done, your reception will be poor. Could be that new radios do this automatically, but it is something you may want to check.

Todd

> This is a followup to the issue im running into with no/poor reception on my > radio. > > I have a new headunit already and that didnt help (had to replace that > anyway.) > > Now I have a brand new antenna, standard black tiawan one from Bus Depot, > but that didn't seem to help any yet either. > > Next I have to replace the actual antenna cable going to the back of the > radio. When I swapped the antenna itself last night I just re-used the same > original cable, so perhaps that was the cause all along? we'll see. > > It must be something funky, because the PO even had a little FM booster > mounted in the cabin when I first purchased the vanagon. It helped boost the > signal of the FM, but not the AM and when on it was pretty grainy/fuzzy. > > ill update again after I swap the antenna cable itself, hopefully later > tonight. > > chris


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