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Date:         Sat, 24 Sep 1994 10:51:43 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Wes Neuenschwander <wesn@eskimo.com>
Subject:      Re: Radio problem

On Sat, 24 Sep 1994, David Carment wrote:

> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 94 09:10:18 CDT > From: David Carment <dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca> > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject: Radio problem > > Hi: this question is only remotely related to Vanagon interests but since > there may be electrical engineers/ hi fi experts out there I thought I > would ask here first. -- > > The Alpine radio which came with the Westfalia when we bought it has recently > started acting up. Here are the symptoms: > > a) poor AM pickup across the board - but the rare signals that do come in are > quite clear. > > b) on FM a low-pitched screeching/howling on frequencies roughly below 93 on > the > dial. Sometimes the signal will be reasonably clear at this low end but > will then revert to the noises after 10-15 minutes run time. Signals above > this point are good, but there is a slight and faint sound of intereference > if the volume is turned up. Of the two the FM noise is more problematic and > annoying. > > I have removed and reinstalled the radio several times to check for proper > grounding; and solid antennae connection. The radio has its own power > source (meaning the line is not shared with other components). The tape > player works well. The system drives the standard four speaker > arrangements - two in the doors and two at the back. I recently replaced > the OEM door speakers with sighly better speakers. > > David Carment > School of International Affairs > Carleton University > Ottawa, Ontario > K1S 5B6 > voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 > fax - (613) 788-2889 > Email address: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Check the antenna cable/antenna connection, or perhaps try replacing the antenna and cable. This definitely sounds like a poor antenna connection to me. Also, some radios (typically older ones) have an antenna trimmer adjustment that tunes the radio to the antenna. Look for a slotted screw type adjustment - probably labelled ANT. Adjust while listening to a weak station. Otherwise it's probably new radio time.


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