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DJMala · 12-19-2004, 07:35 PM

Question for any radio geeks or gurus out there..

My dad is trying to pick up WFAN in New York from his house in southeastern Massachusetts using cheap, boombox type radios, without much luck. He asked me to come down with my Sangean CC Radio, to see if it would be any better. I had a little more luck, but not much.

The problem doesn't seem to be the usual interference you get when trying to pick up a distant AM station. From pretty much anywhere in the house, there is a definite buzz or whine which is audible across most of the AM dial. Only the closest stations are strong enough to overcome it. It seems like the intereference must come from something in the house or in the area, because he says that on rare occasions the whine stops completely and the station comes in perfectly well.

We tried shutting off all of the electrical devices we could. We also tried using the CC Radio on battery power, to see if the problem was coming from the power lines themselves. Nothing seemed to help at all.

Does anyone have any suggestions on where this intereference might be coming from or how to stop it?

12-19-2004, 07:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
DJMala Crazy Location: MA	AM reception Question for any radio geeks or gurus out there.. My dad is trying to pick up WFAN in New York from his house in southeastern Massachusetts using cheap, boombox type radios, without much luck. He asked me to come down with my Sangean CC Radio, to see if it would be any better. I had a little more luck, but not much. The problem doesn't seem to be the usual interference you get when trying to pick up a distant AM station. From pretty much anywhere in the house, there is a definite buzz or whine which is audible across most of the AM dial. Only the closest stations are strong enough to overcome it. It seems like the intereference must come from something in the house or in the area, because he says that on rare occasions the whine stops completely and the station comes in perfectly well. We tried shutting off all of the electrical devices we could. We also tried using the CC Radio on battery power, to see if the problem was coming from the power lines themselves. Nothing seemed to help at all. Does anyone have any suggestions on where this intereference might be coming from or how to stop it?