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From: pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: AM Reception (WAS Re: Recommendations wanted for car FM signal booster...)
Message-ID: <1991May7.191543.15285@mccc.edu>
Date: 7 May 91 19:15:43 GMT
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My wife's 87 Toyota Camry LE has a nice AM/FM/Stereo radio, but no tape
player.  She recently decided that she needed a tape player, and a local
radio shop put a Sony ("best in the shop") AM/FM/Stereo/Tape radio in
her car.  AM reception of distant stations with the engine running is
horrible!  More static than ....!  This never occurred with the Toyota radio.

Radio man says that even his $1000 Blaupunkt has the same AM front end
(I guess he means front end design?) as the more moderately priced Sony,
and that the Toyota radio is one in a million.

How can I tell if he's right or not?  Is there a reasonable solution to
getting her a tape player and decent AM reception?

Thanks,
Pete
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