Trailer AM radio reception
My FM radio works fine but can't seem to get anything on the AM dial in the trailer. Are the antennas that bad for AM or maybe something is disconnected. Anyone else have bad AM reception?
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Dick_B wrote:
This year I'm going to bring along a portable radio and compare reception. I'm betting on the portable.
You can get better AM reception with a portable radio, provided you place it in front of a window; even better outside the trailer. ;)Reception for a NOAA weather radio is abysmal as well if the radio isn't in front of/near a window.
My own guess to add why AM reception is so poor in a towable RV is: A)Electrical interference generated primarily by the converter, and B)Unlike a mast type antenna mounted on a car fender, as far as I can tell a towable's antenna is mounted into wood, not metal which causes the antenna to lose its "ground plane" effect.
