Battery and Radio Question...

[jim_hoyland]

For the past several years I got static whenever I turned on AM radio stations; some came through but for the most part it was not pretty.

Last week I have a dead battery; went to Autozone and replaced my 4 year old Duralast with a new Duralast AGL.

Static is gone in the AM band ????? What might the explanation be ?

[dghii]

If all you replace was your battery, you had/have a ground issue. I'd monitor to see if static comes back. Lack of AM is usually caused by a bad ground at the antenna amplifier located in the passenger side A pillar.

Search a bit and you'll see a DYI on getting to the amp and cleaning the connection.

[rexcramer]

That would be cool if the fix is that easy. My AM is almost worthless on all but the strongest stations. And then the static is still bad.

[jim_hoyland]

Originally Posted by dghii

If all you replace was your battery, you had/have a ground issue. I'd monitor to see if static comes back. Lack of AM is usually caused by a bad ground at the antenna amplifier located in the passenger side A pillar.

Search a bit and you'll see a DYI on getting to the amp and cleaning the connection.

Several years ago I did the antenna amplifier ground fix and it seemed to Have worked.
Forgot when the static returned, but it went away when the new battery was installed.

I was curious whether anyone else experienced this happening