[Doggie 1]

I listen to AM radio.
I am an individual.
I have mentioned before that the reception on my GD radio is average at best.
If I travel 80 kms south of Perth to, say, Pinjarra, I lose good reception at about 40 kms and all reception at about 60 kms.
Is there anything I can do to improve this?
Yesterday, I drove to Bunbury (about 200 kms south) in a Mazda 3 and could listen to AM radio almost the whole way down.

[Phil №❶]

AM radio is highly affected by the sun and active sunspots. The sun is quite active at the moment.

I don't think the AM radio is up to the standard of the rest of the car.

[Just Rick]

What we got AM Radio in the I30's have we,but even any radio reception is crap in these cars,thus the reason I have over 30,000 tunes on a huge memory stick

[Doggie 1]

Unfortunately, I only have a very small stick. 
But I do enjoy listening to AM radio because (1) it keeps me up to date on current affairs and (2) I don't like most FM radio stations.

[The Gonz]

Your options are somewhat limited. The first nil cost option is to keep the antenna oriented vertcally if not already.

[Doggie 1]

My wand points at 45 degrees, so I will try raising it.
Thanks.

[rustynutz]

Unfortunately, I only have a very small stick. 

Why don't you lash out and buy an aerial like the one I fitted to my i30? 

[Doggie 1]

Did it make a difference?

[The Gonz]

The practice is never quite as straightforward as the theory, especially in urban areas where you have reflections but theoretically, moving it from 45 degrees to vertical should get you a 42 percent improvement, perhaps more if the change makes you less receptive to solar radiation.

[Doggie 1]

Thanks Gonz.

[rustynutz]

Did it make a difference?

I don't normally listen to AM but I did try it when Martin (mjt57) was having trouble picking up Melbourne stations in Traralgon and it was working ok.
Traralgon is probably 150-160 k's away from Melbourne....

No idea how far as the crow flies though... 

[Surferdude]

Rusty, the Accent has a much longer aerial. As my daughter is now in Darwin I can't check but do you reckon you could unscrew the one on your daughters (?) car and see if it fits on the i30. I wonder if the longer aerial on the Accent is Hyundai's attempt to overcome the problem.
My AM reception is similar to Dave's whereas in my wife's older Corolla it is much more clear.

Apart from all that. Where did you get your aerial from again?

[rustynutz]

Here's the aerial I bought:

I just ran the model check and it says it doesn't fit the Accent....so I'm assuming the Accent one won't fit the i30 then... 

If I remember, I will check my daughter's Accent next time I see her though.

[Dazzler]

Hey, I just took Rusty's Bike and Dave's i30 for a spin (not a bad effort from my arm chair) 

[Just Rick]

Here's the aerial I bought:

I just ran the model check and it says it doesn't fit the Accent....so I'm assuming the Accent one won't fit the i30 then... 

If I remember, I will check my daughter's Accent next time I see her though.

I'm assuming from your posts this aerial fitted Rusty,the more I look at the base fitting,it looks different to mine,if it did fit how good is the reception,unless I am in the Metro area my AM is garbage,check it today and even then it is not the greatest.

[rustynutz]

If it fitted mine, it will fit yours, Rick....
You do get a couple of different sized threaded adapters or whatever you'd like to call them which allows it to fit a few different cars....

As for AM reception, I can only repeat what I said previously as normally I only listen to FM or the music that's on my flash drive.

[Shambles]

Hey, I just took Rusty's Bike and Dave's i30 for a spin (not a bad effort from my arm chair) 

A belated "well spotted" to you sir

[Surferdude]

Hey, I just took Rusty's Bike and Dave's i30 for a spin (not a bad effort from my arm chair) 

A belated "well spotted" to you sir

Ha.
I discovered that a few days ago. Meant to post something and forgot.
Then I couldn't make any sense of Dazz's post, until I saw your reply.