[NJARC] Accidental DX'ing in a Hyundai

[Robert Bennett]

Joe -
            Most car radios have really good AM. Traveling in a car with RF
noises from several sources is really the worst scenario for an AM radio. To
overcome this, they usually used a different IF frequency, had a good RF
stage, and were well filtered. You are not alone with your "auto" DX-ing! I
do it just for fun in my car. I went as far to make a "franken" radio for
Dx-ing from a Chevy truck radio. I will bring it tonight to Princeton if
you'd like to see it.

Bob Bennett

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From: NJARC [mailto:njarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Joe
Giliberti
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2017 1:42 AM
To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club
Subject: [NJARC] Accidental DX'ing in a Hyundai

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Just this evening I drove from New Jersey to Centreville, Virginia to stay
with my aunt while she recovers from a broken wrist. On the ride down, I was
scanning the AM band when I found a loud and clear station on 780 kHz. I
quickly realized that I was picking up CBS Chicago perfectly from nearly six
hundred miles away! This, by the way, is on the radio that came from the
factory with my base model Santa Fe. It has an RF amplifier in there
somewhere and I did upgrade the antenna whip from the stubby 6 inch to a
whopping 30 inch mast. There is another antenna built into the windshield.

I know this is probably old hat to most of you, but I was thoroughly
impressed!

Regards,
Joe Giliberti
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