Richard Wagoner writes about readio each week.
I recently had a chance to try out a really cool-looking — at least in the opinion of some — antenna for my truck. The brand itself doesn’t matter much as these are all similar in design: flexible rubber with some sort of spiral wire inside to, as the description says, optimize reception for both AM and FM bands.
But I couldn’t help wondering if the mini flex antenna — a “new generation” with a carbon-fiber base covering, built-in copper wire, and “optimized AM/FM reception by nearly 40%,” whatever that actually means — could live up to the hype and at least match or even beat my factory install. But the HDs were hit and miss with more reception problems than ever. Even Go Country had trouble locking in the HD stream, and that is usually one of the most reliable where I live.
I bring this up not to bash the manufacturer of the antenna I evaluated. Instead, I want to highlight the fact that antenna design, including length and other aspects, is exceedingly important to good reception. AM likes an antenna as long as possible; FM seems to work well with — on a car at least — that previously mentioned 31 inches. It’s something to do with wavelength as I recall — engineers, feel free to confirm or correct me.
Yesterday, I was driving my dog Snoopy back from a check-up at the vet’s office and Alt 98.7 FM came on. I really wasn’t paying attention, but it turned out it was playing through CarPlay via the iHeart app. How does it compare with the over-the-air signal?
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