So I frenched the antenna on my 51 Chevy and installed a power antenna. I just got my radio rewired for AM/FM. The reception I'm getting is not so good. Any ideas for improving my reception?
Check to see if the antenna is properly grounded to the vehicle. No ground, lots of noise and bad reception.
It's probably just a lousy radio. If you had a "modern" transistor radio from China installed in your old chassis, no way will it ever pull in stations or sound as well as the old tube set.
Good solid state radios can sound good, but they do have a different sound than tube radios. Only the best solid state radios can equal some of the receiving capabilities(selectivity and capture ratio as I recall) inherent to tubes.
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