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10-20-2019, 04:40 AM #1
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Radio reception
We have a 349M with a Jensen radio receiver and the radio reception is terrible I have a hard time getting reception in the hills or in town, especially on AM stations is this a common problem?
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10-20-2019, 07:14 AM #2
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Most AM radios made today are absolute garbage. Little sensitivity, nearly useless antennas and with the inherent noise problems of all AM receivers.
Get yourself a C.Crane radio.John & Kathy
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10-20-2019, 08:25 AM #3
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We have always had good luck with radios made by Sangean as well. AM radio in rv is junk. We have good reception with fm though. I carry around a weather radio by sangean for safety but will also turn it on to listen to several am sports radio programs and it has very good reception.
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11-16-2019, 10:53 AM #4
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Last weekend, by coincidence I discovered that the TV antenna booster affected radio reception. I too thought the Jensen radio was terrible when I looked for stations in the past. In the process of loading last weekend I had the radio on and turned off the amp for the antenna and instantly lost radio reception. Maybe this is already known to others, but news to me.
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11-16-2019, 11:34 AM #5
Was about to suggest what @jawden said, the FM antenna appears to be the King roof top in my unit, big difference if it is turned on. Have not been able to see if there is an antenna for the AM part of the Jensen. Might be a case of just pointing it a certain way, which is pretty much impossible without moving the trailer.
EDIT - BTW, the King roof top antenna is not tuned for standard AM. The trailer is a metal cage so you need to get an antenna outside of the unit that receives the much longer wavelength of AM. That’s why folks above had success with whip antennas.
I’m betting the Jensen has an internal coil antenna - if you could get the Jensen receiver outside the trailer, not a practical solution, it would work just like you $10 transistor radio for AM.Last edited by Skiddy; 11-16-2019 at 12:00 PM.
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11-17-2019, 07:15 AM #6
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We have to have booster turned on to get radio stations.
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08-29-2020, 08:44 PM #7
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AM is susceptible to noise because noise affects amplitude, which is where information is "stored" in an AM signal.
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