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"David R. Conrad" wrote:
> Tom:
>
> I appreciated your informed discussion of this problem!!
>
> Having an "ME" background, I took a somewhat "cruder" approach when plagued
>with
> this problem upon moving to the Big Island. The AM stations I want to listen
>to,
> are on Oahu, more than 200 miles from me. I had not had a problem with AM
> reception with the car in Maryland or when I was on Oahu, both places with
> "robust" signal strength.
>
> I tried everything I could think of here, from various plug wires, NGK
>resistor
> plugs, and several "suppressers"; nothing seemed to help much. I even went
>to a
> near "2x" antenna length, with a coat hanger supplement, after my stock
>antenna
> had been vandalized. That did help noticeably.
>
> I bought a "near to stock" replacement antenna from one of our vendors, which
>I
> was quite happy with except that it was even shorter than the original stock
> antenna. I installed it anyhow, fearing that my reception quality would be
>less
> than what I was obtaining from my "coathanger" extended height antenna.
>
> Having questioned the quality of the ground through the mounting to the
>console,
> then to the chassis, I decided on a "brute force" ME approach, and ran a line
> of stranded "lamp cord" directly from the chassis of the Pioneer receiver, to
> the negative pole of the battery.
>
> I was delighted with the result!! The reception far surpassed what I had been
> getting even with the longer antenna. Even a dumb ME, can sometimes get lucky
> :-).
>
> Dave
> '68 1600
> Kailua-Kona
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