SillyDog701

[Wellander]

Hi,
Am stations nighttime reception problem.
I live in Huntington Beach Califronia about 65 miles form the Los Angelas stations transmitters and About or over 100 miles form the San Diego stations transmitters and 130 miles form the Tijauana Mexico stations transmitters I get the three (that I can get) SD stations fine during the daytime but not at night I get the (four that I can get) Tijauana Stations fine day and night except for oldies 540 which comes in sort of fine at night the LA stations 25-30 of them fine during the daytime but only like five of those come fine at night.
We have stations on am in Orange county where I live except the problem it they are forigen language but they come in good day and night.
How do I fix this?
I want better Am reception at night.
Do I live in the wrong area?
What is the problem?
I am not happy.

Also I am to far from all stations to get FMs.

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[Josh]

I would:

Get a newer radio;

or move the radio to another of the house.

Always works for me.

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[Wellander]

Hi,
I have many radios.
It happens on all of them and it happens in my area out of the house even in my car.

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[Wellander]

Hi,m
I should exploin what happens to Am reception at night the stations fade in and out and on some of them I hear another station coming with them.

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[Don_HH2K]

Hi,m
I should exploin what happens to Am reception at night the stations fade in and out and on some of them I hear another station coming with them.

Just an idea: there might be something that is moving near your house at night that is powerful enough to stop a radio signal. It is possible that there is an antenna really close to you that is broadcasting a strong signal. This does happen around my location, there is a large antenna about a mile from where I live, and I tend to pick up that channel a whole lot, just all the time instead of at night.

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[Wellander]

Hi,
I live close to no AM stations.
The problem is when the stations where put in there where no people living in this area.

Like I saaid I get no FM Stations.
Am Is only 5 good reception stations at night.
Another thing you all might want to know it that Most AM stations power down at night so I could be in thier daytime reception area but not thier night reception area.
That is to prevent them reaching too far at night. (no sun to interfre)

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[keith]

Heres an idea. I was getting bored of the stations here, so i rigged up an old tv anntenna on my roof, and can pick up stations up to almost 100 miles farther. so an external antenna on the roof might be of some help.

Keith

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[Don_HH2K]

That's what Internet radio's for...

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[Wellander]

Heres an idea. I was getting bored of the stations here, so i rigged up an old tv anntenna on my roof, and can pick up stations up to almost 100 miles farther. so an external antenna on the roof might be of some help.

Keith

Hi,
That works for FM stations Not AM stations.

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[Amrad]

This link might prove helpful:

AM Radio Reception

Regards,

Dave.

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[Wellander]

This link might prove helpful:

AM Radio Reception

Regards,

Dave.

Hi,
Thanks.
However that site had alot of false Information.

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[Amrad]

Hello Wellander,

Thanks for your reply.

This link might prove helpful:

AM Radio Reception

Regards,

Dave.

Hi,
Thanks.
However that site had alot of false Information.

I'm sorry to hear that. I only gave it a quick check so wasn't aware that there were a lot of errors! My apologies if it was misleading.

Regards,

Dave.

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[Don_HH2K]

It was mentioned earlier in this thread that a rooftop antenna would only work with FM stations. Upon a recent visit to a local Best Buy store, it turns out that you can use an older twin-lead antenna to pick up AM. If your radio has twin-lead antenna in, you might want to try that.

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[djv1]

It works on both, it just depends how u hook it up. Static in the air may be the problem, I lose my AM at night sometimes to and I only live about 15 miles from the antenna.

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[Wellander]

It works on both, it just depends how u hook it up. Static in the air may be the problem, I lose my AM at night sometimes to and I only live about 15 miles from the antenna.

What station?
Call letters?

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