[IRCA] After Market Radio

[Bill Harms <philcobill@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The radio in my Dodge Dakota died last week so I purchased an after 
market AM/FM/CD unit.  It accepts a USB drive device and an SD card. The 
biggest plus for me is that it has two RCA jack outputs for stereo. I 
found that I am now able to record directly off of the radio to a device 
like iRiver 899 or other devices that have a line-in. This is great for 
bandscanning and casual dashboard DXing. And it cost me about $120 
total! And also, the radio is fairly sensitive to boot.

Now I have a couple of questions.

1. My truck suffers from really bad ignition noise. It has had this 
problem since the day I bought it. How do I troubleshoot to get rid of 
this. It varies in intensity with the speed of the engine, so I assume 
it is spark plug related. I have had it tuned several times and each 
time told them about the problem.  I think the repair guy did not quite 
understand. What should I do?

2. Is there some way to inductively connect an antenna to the whip 
antenna? I touched the antenna with my hand and it got a little more 
gain, enough on some of the weaker signals, that they become audible. 
Anyone had experience with that?

3. I also have a problem at certain speeds when loud crackling noises. 
It goes away at low speeds.  I suspect it is an antenna shorts or open 
connection.  Any ideas anyone?

-- 
Bill Harms
Elkridge, Maryland

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