Actually, it's that car radios have always given me better reception than house radios have. Is it the antenna, the ground plane? What?

Typically better reception in the car, yes, but that all depends on the antenna set up. You can have a very good antenna at home, but one with a fault in a car. I've owned both. I'd like to build an AM loop in my attic to get better AM reception at some point. I am very into AM radio, especially long-distance AM stations at night. I've owned cars where they seem to put no thought into the AM radio band, and it shows (sounds). Dad had a Chevy Trailblazer (2006?) where you could always hear the transmission or something interfering with the AM reception.

Re: Do cars with plastic bodies, like the Saturn, give bad radio reception?

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Phil Allison 4 years ago

Trevor Wilson wrote: =================

** I have a schematic. Drawn by Allen Wright himself, pen and ruler job, from circa 1972. Copy of a copy but legible enough. All part numbers and values shown. The AT transistors were made by Anodeon in Melbourne.

Be easiest for me to mail it to you.

.... Phil

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Trevor Wilson 4 years ago

**OK. Thanks. I think mine works. I just want to poke around for curiosity. Address is

PO Box 125 Oyster Bay 2225

Thanks

I'll poke around and see if I have a spare EM84.

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On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 11:16:54 -0400, micky posted for all of us to digest...

Could be because of Sunspot cycle 25

Tekkie

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