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dclark1946
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Jul 08, 2016

RV radio mast antenna grounding for AM reception

This is a followup to my original post about no AM radio reception in our new KZ Spree due to the TV antenna not supporting AM. I purchased an internal car radio antenna from West Marine which is e...
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westend
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Jul 08, 2016
Good one, a head scratch-er.

You could capture a ground from an AC device but a user should have a torroid or other filter to keep the nasties at bay. An alternative would be to run the ground back with the antenna wire to capture ground near the radio. How much better was the reception with ground accomplished?

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