Crackling Radio

[Guest]

The radio in my 205 Pug has started to crackle and I can hardly hear the stations, but if I put on a cassette you can listen to it without any crackling. Could it be a loose wire, how can I trace the wire to find out if this is what's wrong, or could it be caused by this weather, maybe some water lying somewhere?

 

[Brian (3)]

The radio in my 205 Pug has started to crackle and I can hardly hear the stations, but if I put on a cassette you can listen to it without any crackling. Could it be a loose wire, how can I trace the wire to find out if this is what's wrong, or could it be caused by this weather, maybe some water lying somewhere?

Most likely a poor connection to the aerial. Check the plug hasn't fallen out of the back of the radio, then check the connector onto the aerial itself. Otherwise it is a fault within the radio.

 

[Malc (archive)]

Most likely a poor connection to the aerial. Check the plug hasn't fallen out of the back of the radio, then check the connector onto the aerial itself. Otherwise it is a fault within the radio.

Absolutely. It can't be the amplifier or the power supply so it must be the aerial or the RF section of the radio.

 

[Scottie]

I forgot to tell the news group that the radio work's fine when the car engine is turned off.
"Malc" wrote:

"brian" wrote:

>
> "<<Scottie>>" wrote:
>
>> The radio in my 205 Pug has started to crackle and I can hardly hear the
>> stations, but if I put on a cassette you can listen to it without any
>> crackling. Could it be a loose wire, how can I trace the wire to find
>> out
> if
>> this is what's wrong, or could it be caused by this weather, maybe some
>> water lying somewhere?
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[Malc (3)]

I forgot to tell the news group that the radio work's fine when the car

engine is turned off.

Still no change in the answers really. It's probably a poor connection to the aerial and more probably the screening at that.

It could be the suppressors in the spark plug leads I suppose. Presumably the crackling changes pitch/speed with the engine?