<VV> radio reception

[Frank DuVal]

Good advise so far.

The antenna needs a good ground at its base.

How can an antenna hidden inside a metal box work well? You already have 
a hole in the car for an external antenna, use it!

Since this is a new problem, do not jump to adjusting the antenna 
trimmer on the radio, look for an issue that changed, like the ground at 
he antenna base. Or mice that ate the antenna coax. That happened to me 
on a car I drove regularly! Living in the woods is so much fun, usually.

Frank DuVal


On 4/18/2014 6:04 PM, jeandelucca at aol.com wrote:
> here is a recent phenomenon. my stock am radio with exact repro antenna had been playing loud and clear. until today. the volume was poor, and i notice that if i hold the antenna while standing on the ground, i get full volume. when i let go of the antenna, poor volume. this is the mast of the antenna, not the base. this does not occur if i am sitting in the passenger seat holding the mast. i know something is grounding, but i took everything apart and even tried other antenna cable that i had on hand to no avail. i would be interested to hear of solutions, is there some sort of extra ground wire i can run? also, has anyone used one of those hidden antenna that i see offered on ebay? thanks, jim