Radio reception is rubbish

flyinghigh said:
There is no substitute for a quality external aerial!
On my A class I tried two quality stick on aerials and they were a complete waste of money, I then tried two normal aerials attached to the chassis but under the bonnet, again a improvement but still a waste of money,
Totally peed off so bit the bullet and brought a quality DAB/ FM/ AM aerial with extra long leads from
dabonwheels,
Drilled hole in my GRP roof and fitted the aerial, you must make sure you have a good ground plane,
I used copper tape with adhesive on one side and ran it down inside the wardrobe radiating out from the aerial,
The quality was nothing short of remarkable! Now I can listed to all my program pretty much anywhere in the UK,
Including LBC/magic up to Scotland and Wales,
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Hi just wondered if I could tap you for a bit more info,
Which was the actual aerial you bought and was it for a DAB radio or a FM /AM radio, also can you give a better description of how you ran it and how much copper tape you used and did you connect it to an earth point , would be very interested in improving my radio reception
 
Simple and effective FM aerial

I had the same problems with that cheap active screen aerial, in short it was useless. The Daihatsu Hijet has a pillar aerial when a radio is fitted. However, this can't be used if you have a Romahome pod as it is in the way. So what I did was make my own aerial. I bought a 5 metre aerial extension cable and ran it from the car radio aerial socket into the pod and made a dipole by attaching 28" of wire to the centre pin and another 28" length to the screen. I spread it into a T shape then placed it along the side shelf. It works fine in this fibreglass pod. No interference from USB voltage droppers either and no messing about with ground planes. No drilling of holes either as I have removed the rear window from the cab, (did this so I could chuck clothes etc onto the seats).
 
fitted a very cheap Aldi radio, it claims to do lots of things,blue tooth,USB,SD, card, and in fact seems to to do all these things ,but it wont give me any AM channels FM is great clear reception and all the channels ,any ideas welcomed
 
yes 3 xFM channels with 6 saves and 2 X AM channels, would'nt be asking otherwise
 
profiterole said:
What about an antenna with a magnetic base that you can install/remove when you want? The only con would be that you'd have to run a wire through the window. The trade-off is that you don't have to drill through the roof. £3.99 on Amazon UK.
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please tell how that works on alloy or grp.:rolleyes2:
 
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