Poor AM Reception
05-02-2014, 05:29 PM
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Racer
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Poor AM Reception
I'm sure there aren't many AM Radio listeners left but I still like to listen to my local stations every once in a while especially during my commutes to and from work. Has anyone else noticed the poor reception you get from the stock '05 radio when using the AM band? I owned several cars while living in my area and my Vette gets the worst AM reception of all. Could it be just my radio for some reason?
05-02-2014, 05:39 PM
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Safety Car
Just depends on the signal as the the reception and the time of the day due to atmospheric changes that effect the signal.
Back in the 70s I traveled all over the southern US and at night there were stations over a thousand miles distant that I could pick up on the AM band.
Back in the 70s I traveled all over the southern US and at night there were stations over a thousand miles distant that I could pick up on the AM band.
05-02-2014, 07:09 PM
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Le Mans Master
With the antennae in the mirrors AM reception is tough.
05-02-2014, 08:51 PM
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Depends on how close you are to the broadcaster with AM.
Regarding picking up distant stations, there are still a few of the "blowtorch" stations that the FCC allows to crank up their power in the evenings. Is it 100,000 watts that they are allowed to use? I have pulled in WOWO from Fort Wayne Indiana occasionally in northern Florida at night many years ago.
Regarding picking up distant stations, there are still a few of the "blowtorch" stations that the FCC allows to crank up their power in the evenings. Is it 100,000 watts that they are allowed to use? I have pulled in WOWO from Fort Wayne Indiana occasionally in northern Florida at night many years ago.
05-03-2014, 03:06 PM
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Racer
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Just depends on the signal as the the reception and the time of the day due to atmospheric changes that effect the signal.
Back in the 70s I traveled all over the southern US and at night there were stations over a thousand miles distant that I could pick up on the AM band.
Back in the 70s I traveled all over the southern US and at night there were stations over a thousand miles distant that I could pick up on the AM band.
05-03-2014, 09:15 PM
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05-04-2014, 10:16 PM
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AM is the morse code of the radio industry and not a lot of engineering effort is spent on making good AM reception anymore. That being said, the best AM radio I've had in any car was in my '89 IROC Z Camaro which actually had factory AM Stereo. It was still AM, but the sound was almost as good as FM mono radio. I live in Maryland and could pick up the AM superstations in Buffalo (WWKB) and Cincinnati (WLW) and sometimes I could pick up WGN in Chicago. In my C6 I'm lucky if I can pick up WTOP in DC and it sounds like sh*t.
05-04-2014, 10:37 PM
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Back in the 70s I traveled all over the southern US and at night there were stations over a thousand miles distant that I could pick up on the AM band.
05-05-2014, 03:09 PM
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Racer
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I have no doubt since WABC is a big station. That's one of the stations I like to be able to hear but if you're a sports fan, you know the station on AM that I'm referring to that doesn't come in well.....WFAN! Although, I do remember that they're also on FM so I'll have to check that out.