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Well, as you might be able to hear, reception is loud and clear here at Porthdafarch Road, but there's an annoying crackle on the radio in the van today. Don't know what it is, it's not usually there it's just appeared today. However, it's only intermittent, so not so bad.
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if the this crackeling is only in your car and not on your home radio then it comes from the car - could be a loose cable or the vent. etc. - Switch off all units in your car and see if it is still there
Must be your car as it is not on your AM relay via Yellowsound
as I said it must be your car - check cables and plugs that lead to your radio (backside) if all is okay do what I told you above - maybe also a candle plug or even a candle might be loose
Quote: coastie wrote in post #97It's something like that yes, but I can't pull the radio out to check the connections cos it's held in place and I don't have the keys to release it.
try if you have the same crackeling on FM or other frequencies ! - if not, its not the connections - could also be the earthing of your antenna but that would be more a fading than a crackling
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FM is ok, no crakling there, but I'm not sure if it has a "local/DX" switch on it and whether it has been set to "Local" cos the reception of Nova is terrible compared to the old van. It is an "RM Maxus" and I believe the RM stands for "Radio Mobile".
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Quote: coastie wrote in post #99FM is ok, no crakling there, but I'm not sure if it has a "local/DX" switch on it and whether it has been set to "Local" cos the reception of Nova is terrible compared to the old van. It is an "RM Maxus" and I believe the RM stands for "Radio Mobile".
First of all we should move this car-radio-thread to another place !! - please can you do that. If Nova is really bad now and you also have AM problems it sounds very much like an antenna problem (antenna/Cable; plug into radio, antenna earthing at the body) A local/DX switch on a car-radio makes only sense when you have an automatic station search but it has nothing to do with signal reception itself. 'Local' would mean that your auto-search stops only at strong incoming stations - DX at weaker stations. --- I am sure you've checked if the antenna is pulled out completely when in use .... (?) - and if its one of those short sticks best is to change the stick if all connections and cables are okay. - Once through the car-wash with the stick still on and you can forget it
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