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Best car receiver for am reception & is HD ready?
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Get two radios, an HD unit with an aux input, and another, analog tuned AM radio from the sixties, many of which can be tweaked to
cover 530-1710.
A modern unit will not let you tune the IF passband shifted to upper or lower sidebands to avoid noise or pick up higher audio frequencies.
Use the aux input for a signal off the detector of the old radio, that way your audio controls are all on the new unit.
cover 530-1710.
A modern unit will not let you tune the IF passband shifted to upper or lower sidebands to avoid noise or pick up higher audio frequencies.
Use the aux input for a signal off the detector of the old radio, that way your audio controls are all on the new unit.
Zach said:You can have a great AM radio or an HD radio, but not both.
Well I'm trying to find something that has decent AM reception but still gets HD. I don't think I want a 60's style radio though. The best ones I can find so far are to get a Pioneer with an external HD tuner, or a JVC that has HD built in.
Zach and I are trying to tell you that the two constraints of the argument are mutually exclusive.
Nothing about modern AM auto radio design will give the reception (RF and IF-wise) of an old radio for great AM analog reception.
Unless you find one with switchable bandwidth that can tune in 1 khz steps or continuously.
Sorry but it's true. You probably thought I was trying to be funny, but I am dead serious.
So find the HD compatible unit that suits you, use it for FM, FM HD, AM HD, and when you want to use a real AM radio
turn on your old AM radio, and select the Aux input.
Of course, you'll have get an antenna splitter, and have a good ground to the auxilliary radio.
Even then the noise from an HD head may inject noise back out the antenna jack with as much as is going on such devices.
One of the reasons I keep driving my ancient cars is for the great AM radios.
Nothing about modern AM auto radio design will give the reception (RF and IF-wise) of an old radio for great AM analog reception.
Unless you find one with switchable bandwidth that can tune in 1 khz steps or continuously.
Sorry but it's true. You probably thought I was trying to be funny, but I am dead serious.
So find the HD compatible unit that suits you, use it for FM, FM HD, AM HD, and when you want to use a real AM radio
turn on your old AM radio, and select the Aux input.
Of course, you'll have get an antenna splitter, and have a good ground to the auxilliary radio.
Even then the noise from an HD head may inject noise back out the antenna jack with as much as is going on such devices.
One of the reasons I keep driving my ancient cars is for the great AM radios.
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