Am Fm Antenna

The AM/FM antenna wire is cut right behind the cd deck in my car. Instead of going through and replacing the whole thing is it possible to splice a new antenna wire into the old one, or do they make an adaptor to do this? any other suggestions to get my radio working again let me know!

i would not do it, I believe there are spliters and that may work, but if you try to splice you will very likely cause interference.the antena is a common place as it is to pick up electrical noise if you go monkeying with the wire, then the chance of that will escalate. more fittings, more places for interferance. as a result you would hear engine noise thru the radio.

2007-11-20 05:18:24 by bwjamin

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Am installing Peripheral ipod adapter with HD radio. HD radio wires to antenna, that normally would leave me without AM/FM. I want to keep AM/FM AND have HD radio, too. Can I split antenna feed between the two?

I have an '06 TL.
Love the Peripheral ipod + hd radio implementation.

HD Radio includes regular old AM/FM. When you tune to a station, it will automatically jump to the HD version if that station transmits in HD.

I emailed Peripheral about this exact same situation (I was getting better AM/FM reception with my OEM headunit). Here's what they said: "Yes you can split the antenna between the two, but it will cut your reception for each module in half."

If you want full HD Radio and OEM AM/FM reception, I only see two possible solutions:
1) Build an antenna switch (I doubt this exists), so you are not splitting the signal. The TL stereo uses a typical 75 Ohm antenna. Of course, you would have to manually flip the switch when you switch between HD Radio and OEM AM/FM.
2) Add an additional AM/FM antenna. I have no idea where you would place it and what kind of reception you would get.

Good luck!

2008-04-17 11:08:18 by xen-cuts

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I know the newer ones it is on the back fender, but I can't find it on my 2002. Is it in the back window somewhere?

Stripes embedded into the rear glass is the antenna.

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i have the factory installed antenna which screws in at the front fender. i would like to get a new shorter mast which would screw into the antenna recepticle i already have. i'm getting tired of always removing my antenna when i go through car washes. it also hits a bike tire from a bike i have hanging in the garage and one of these days i'm afraid it will get tangled in the bicycle tire spokes & the whole bicycle will come tumbling down. does anyone make a short stubby antenna that i can just screw in?

try radio shack and I have even seen differen't antennas in walmart, get an old style antenna where you can raise or lower it.

2007-02-05 13:14:08 by fred g

My old antenna is just sitting there, and I would like to be to pick up some out of range radio stations.
All I have at this time is the little wire going into the back of the stereo unit.
If no way to use the old arial, what product would be best to pick up stations upwards of 75 air miles distance.
Any serious thoughts or input will be appreciated.

Non-applicable or B/S answers may be reported.

The FM radio band is located right in the middle of the VHF TV band, so yes you can use any TV antenna as an FM antenna. To get the best reception on the FM band, any inside (table top) antennna should have antennas around 3 feet long for optimum reception on FM (But unless you live 100 miles outside town or in a high-interference area, it isnt important)

As for AM, thats a different story. The AM radio band is located well below both the FM radio and TV bands. The lower in frequency you go, the longer the antenna you need for good reception.

For example, the optimum antenna length at the FM radio band (88 MHz - 108 MHz) is about 3 feet.
in the CB Radio Band (27 MHz) it's about 17 feet.
in the AM radio band (520-1710 kHz), its hundreds to thousands of feet long.

Since it usually isnt realistic to hook up 400+ feet of wire to the AM antenna input of a stereo, I suggest these ideas:

Radio shack sells a AM Radio Loop Antenna. It's a table/radio top set up that is basically a large plastic loop about a foot wide. It has several hundred feet of antenna wire inside, and is tuned for the AM radio band. They are fairly cheap, and well worth it. I have 2 of them. I discovered they also work for the low end of the Short Wave radio bands, and usually you dont even need to plug them into the radio, just set them as close to the internal AM antenna as possible.

Make sure your radio is well grounded, this GREATLY improves the reception on AM radio. Most better stereos have a ground screw in the back, run a wire from that to your home's grounding stake, metal water pipes, or to the screw that holds the plate on electrical outlets (the screw goes into the metal frame inside, which is almost always grounded).

The other suggestion is to get a decent length of 'coated lead-in' wire- 20-26 AWG (gauge or size), attach one end of bare wire to the stereo's AM antenna lead in, the simply drop the other end out a nearby window, or run it out the window to a nearby tree, fence, whatever.

Another issue to look at is local interferece- TVs, video game consoles, Computers, fans, air conditioners, flourecent lights, dimmer switches, microwaves, blenders, vacuum cleaners, and even cell phones and nearby running vehicles can cause terrible interference on the AM radio band. Make sure you turn off as many of these devices as you can when you want to listen to AM.

2006-06-08 07:49:26 by wi_saint