Honda Car Forum

On Jun 18, 10:44 pm, "Howard Lester" <heyles...@dakotacom.net> wrote:
> "C. E. White" wrote
>
> > AM reception is much more dependent on a good antenna than FM. A broken
> > antenna cable can actually make a decent FM antenna while providing poor
> > AM reception. I've had lots of practice with these sort of problems on my
> > farm tractors. I mostly listen to FM, but sometimes a sports even is only
> > on an AM station. More than once I've had to clean the outside ground
> > connection in order to pull in the AM signal. I've never had a problem
> > with the FM signal.
>
> Well, you're right. I was initially thinking of a broken connector at the
> antenna jack. Of course, then he'd get no reception at all. It can get a
> little tricky depending on where a cable might be broken (if it is) and
> we're just speculating anyway. Jiggling the wire while it's connected to the
> radio, and/or pulling out the connector and just touching the center tip to
> the center of the jack is also part of the diagnosis. If there's a
> bad/shorted ground, doing the latter should give an improved signal.

has to be something. I got in the car this morning and it worked
fine. About an hour later same situation arose.

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:49:06 -0700, bigjcw1023 wrote:

>> Well, you're right. I was initially thinking of a broken connector at the
>> antenna jack. Of course, then he'd get no reception at all. It can get a
>> little tricky depending on where a cable might be broken (if it is) and
>> we're just speculating anyway. Jiggling the wire while it's connected to the
>> radio, and/or pulling out the connector and just touching the center tip to
>> the center of the jack is also part of the diagnosis. If there's a
>> bad/shorted ground, doing the latter should give an improved signal.

> has to be something. I got in the car this morning and it worked
> fine. About an hour later same situation arose.

Are you even reading the replies you get? How about the one you just
quoted, above? It's almost certainly a bad antenna/wire/connector.
Figure it out and fix it. Sheesh.


--
"Bother!" said Pooh, as the antimatter containment vessel ruptured.

On Jun 19, 9:31 am, Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:49:06 -0700, bigjcw1023 wrote:
> >> Well, you're right. I was initially thinking of a broken connector at the
> >> antenna jack. Of course, then he'd get no reception at all. It can get a
> >> little tricky depending on where a cable might be broken (if it is) and
> >> we're just speculating anyway. Jiggling the wire while it's connected to the
> >> radio, and/or pulling out the connector and just touching the center tip to
> >> the center of the jack is also part of the diagnosis. If there's a
> >> bad/shorted ground, doing the latter should give an improved signal.
> > has to be something. I got in the car this morning and it worked
> > fine. About an hour later same situation arose.
>
> Are you even reading the replies you get? How about the one you just
> quoted, above? It's almost certainly a bad antenna/wire/connector.
> Figure it out and fix it. Sheesh.
>
> --
> "Bother!" said Pooh, as the antimatter containment vessel ruptured.

go suck canal water, just lettin people know whats going on. if you
aint got nothin better to do than dont bother

<bigjcw1023@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 19, 9:31 am, Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:49:06 -0700, bigjcw1023 wrote:
>> >> Well, you're right. I was initially thinking of a broken
>> >> connector at the
>> >> antenna jack. Of course, then he'd get no reception at all. It
>> >> can get a
>> >> little tricky depending on where a cable might be broken (if it
>> >> is) and
>> >> we're just speculating anyway. Jiggling the wire while it's
>> >> connected to the
>> >> radio, and/or pulling out the connector and just touching the
>> >> center tip to
>> >> the center of the jack is also part of the diagnosis. If there's
>> >> a
>> >> bad/shorted ground, doing the latter should give an improved
>> >> signal.
>> > has to be something. I got in the car this morning and it worked
>> > fine. About an hour later same situation arose.
>>
>> Are you even reading the replies you get? How about the one you
>> just
>> quoted, above? It's almost certainly a bad antenna/wire/connector.
>> Figure it out and fix it. Sheesh.
>>
>> --
>> "Bother!" said Pooh, as the antimatter containment vessel ruptured.
>
> go suck canal water, just lettin people know whats going on. if you
> aint got nothin better to do than dont bother

Posting to this newsgroup is not a magic bullet. While you will get
some good direction here, it does not absolve you from helping
yourself. Start by learning more about AM radio signals, what they
are and how they propagate. See if the problem truly is random, or
does it have any type of pattern, then try to clearly articulate the
problem.

We have no way of originally knowing if it used to work, what type of
terrain, how far you are from the transmitter, and how many stations
are affected (all or some). The better the description of the
problem, the more likely you will get some meaningful help.

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:34:51 -0700 (PDT), bigjcw1023@gmail.com wrote:

>97 crv fm works fine but the am frequencies are very faint. any ideas?


Any cell phone chargers plugged in? That would cause interference.
Doesnt effect FM, but can effect some AM.