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BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
RECEPTION
Try this first, get a 7mm deep socket and remove the OEM antenna...... Clean off all the loc-tite , if you have carb cleaner put that on then screw it back in ...remove and see if any lok-tite came out with it ..... The lok-tite seems to prevent good contact ....se if this makes a difference in reception...........if it does that's was the problem .......if you put more lok-tite on only put it on the last three threads at the top of the antenna before you screw it in.................Mike :thumbup:
Try this first, get a 7mm deep socket and remove the OEM antenna...... Clean off all the loc-tite , if you have carb cleaner put that on then screw it back in ...remove and see if any lok-tite came out with it ..... The lok-tite seems to prevent good contact ....se if this makes a difference in reception...........if it does that's was the problem .......if you put more lok-tite on only put it on the last three threads at the top of the antenna before you screw it in.................Mike :thumbup:
Deanna777
Well-known member
My OEM antenna broke off ( putting on 1/2 cover) I used a 7 mm deep socket to remove the OEM base, ( inside) I installed a short antenna , ( from Pitbull) and installed a new radio boot.
Here is are pictures:
The radio has great reception. Good luck!
I have a 2014RTS-SE6.
Deanna
Here is are pictures:
The radio has great reception. Good luck!I have a 2014RTS-SE6.
Deanna
Bob Denman
New member
Hi Mike,
I had the Technician clean the extra Loc-Tite off of mine recently. It helped... marginally! :shocked:
What else might be loose or malfunctioning, that prevents reception? All of the functions of the system seem to work just fine... :dontknow:
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
RECEPTION
That was the EASY DO fix ..... Question, when you where in Missouri how was the reception ???? even with all that lok-tite ???................ Mine was really good, but I switched to the collapsible car antenna which connects direct into the radio !!!.....Mike :thumbup:
Bob Denman
New member
Since it has never had any decent reception: I didn't check it out there...
But I doubt that Missouri has any FM stations, that play the crap...errrr... music, that I like to listen to anyway!
Perhaps I'll just have to try changing to a different antenna next. Can the OEM versions suffer a breakdown of the "electrical stuff" that's in them? :dontknow:
(Sorry: I don't know the proper technical terms for antenna parts)
But I doubt that Missouri has any FM stations, that play the crap...errrr... music, that I like to listen to anyway!
Perhaps I'll just have to try changing to a different antenna next. Can the OEM versions suffer a breakdown of the "electrical stuff" that's in them? :dontknow:
(Sorry: I don't know the proper technical terms for antenna parts)
wmh9680
New member
Looked at the antenna today and the right one was very loose so I tightened it up but haven't gone for a ride since. The left one was tight. The right on had the 7MM fitting ti tighten it but the right one did not have a 7mm fitting that I saw,just the coated shaft that had pliers marks on it. Thanks, Mike
BLUEKNIGHT911
Sadly Passed Oct 2024 - RIP
LAFT SIDE ANTENNA ?????
If you have one on the LEFT that's a CB antenna and I have no info to give you on that one .....Mike :thumbup:
DC1
New member
Always been spotty!!
Some days I can pick up stations 80 miles away clear as a bell and have a dozen stations picking up, but at other times I can search the entire frequency range without picking up a single station....In the same areas.......Still trying to figure that one out....... No locktite on the mount nut and it is tight.....Been doing that since new and dealer sees no issue....
What do y'all think?
Some days I can pick up stations 80 miles away clear as a bell and have a dozen stations picking up, but at other times I can search the entire frequency range without picking up a single station....In the same areas.......Still trying to figure that one out....... No locktite on the mount nut and it is tight.....Been doing that since new and dealer sees no issue....
What do y'all think?
IdahoMtnSpyder
Active member
DC1
New member
Atmospheric conditions?
That's what the dealer said! If it don't do that in any other vehicle I own why does it do it with the Spyder? (That was also my response to the dealer.)
That's what the dealer said! If it don't do that in any other vehicle I own why does it do it with the Spyder? (That was also my response to the dealer.)
Bob Denman
New member
:agree: :banghead:
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