AM Radio reception in 05 Legacy Outback

[timscramstad]

My 3.0 VDC AM radio has poor reception. I am talking about poor reception
on large stations 10 miles out of town. Is this because of the built in
antennae? I like to listen to stations out of my area, but have been unable
to with this car. Any ideas?

thanks,

Tim

 

[Jack]

Have you got metalic window tinting on the rear window? it's known to kill
AM reception.
I used a polyester film on the rear window just to ensure the radio was not
affected. (metal film on the other windows)

 

[Carl 1 Lucky Texan]

I thought FM would be affected by metallic tinting. Isn't AM received by
a coil-wound bar inside the receiver?

Carl
1 Lucky Texan

 

[CompUser]

@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, (e-mail address removed)
says...

I thought FM would be affected by metallic tinting. Isn't AM received by
a coil-wound bar inside the receiver?

That would work exceptionally well, down inside
that metal-bathtub-of-a-Faraday-Cage we call an
autobody, wouldn't it? Hmmm, and would give it a
nice, highly-directional reception effect, too!

FM is affected also, but not nearly as much as
AM.

You can trim film away along *antenna* gridlines,
or remove the tint from that area and sub some
vinyl stripping in that area (all polyester tint
film has metal in it), install an external
antenna, or just live with it. I did the first
option.

 

[timscramstad]

I do have tinted windows. I guess thats what did it. Thanks to all for the
help!

Tim