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The car radio won't get AM unless one touches the antenna!

The car radio won't get AM unless one touches the antenna!

An internet acquaintance who still doesn't understand Usenet bought a new radio for his Chrysler LeBaron, but AM reception was verrrrry low volume, so as to be unusable. FM is fine.

He took it back to BestBuy and in the process of working on it, the tech put his hand on the antenna and the volume went to normal and reception was good.

He and the tech have concluded that he needs a new antenna, in place of the one that has been there since the car was built, between 1990 and '95.

What are the odds this is true?

Or is the new radio likely defective?

Before 1965, I think it was, car radios had to have their antenna "trimmed" to get good reception, by means of an antenna trimming variable capacitor. In the Olds, there was an enlargement of the hole under the on/off knob that gave access to a screw that adjusted the trim. If touching the antenna increased radio volume, that meant the antenna needed trimmming.

This is all I know about the electronics involved, but that may be more than anyone else on the list.

Is there a circuit that does this automatically today, that could be broken in this new radio? Or has the need for trimming somehow been eliminated? Or could the antenna be so bad that the radio can't handle it.

Thanks for any help you can give him.

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Hire an illegal Mexican to ride with you, hanging out the window to hole the antenna.!

Reply to
Jamie

Try adjusting the antenna trimmer on the new radio.

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Best Regards:
                     Baron.
Reply to
Baron

You're still looking for work?

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Reply to
Michael A. Terrell

Do they still have trimmers on car radios?

Reply to
PeterD

My rest my case.

Reply to
Jamie

On 11/7/2009 2:31 PM Jamie spake thus:

The case of you being a racist asshole? Quite.

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blowing Wall Street, using the media as a condom?

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Reply to
David Nebenzahl

Ah no, just speaking the truth.

Sorry if it hurts..

Reply to
Jamie

Maynard thinks he's funny, but he's just another illiterate troll.

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The movie 'Deliverance' isn't a documentary!
Reply to
Michael A. Terrell

They sure do ! It may not be obvious on a radio supplied fitted in the vehicle but all aftermarket products I've seen do. (Disclaimer: UK)

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Best Regards:
                     Baron.
Reply to
Baron

You're a piece of work..

You didn't noticed the that statement "Illegal" was in front of "Mexican" ?

So, some one gets upset with the comment I made, and you, defend them? Did it ever occur to you there maybe a reason why any one would to offense to such a remark, as it's worded?

You are just as much an ass, just for opening your mouth before you even know what the hell is going on!.

Did it ever occur to you that I worded it, in that specific manner?

And of course, the asshole that you are, you stepped up and made a fool of yourself. What next will you do to pull yourself from the slime you are in?

Or is it maybe, you condole the Mexicans illegally crossing the border and taking our jobs away and the working pay for them? It sure sounds like you do. Maybe some one should check on you for a change.

Oh wait, you don't work any more from what I understand. Why should you give a shit? You may when they deplete the funds you live on.

What a pathetic jerk.

Reply to
Jamie

Yes you are, and you won't go away.

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The movie \'Deliverance\' isn\'t a documentary!
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Michael A. Terrell

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