Poor FM Reception

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turkeybird56

Military Vet 1976-1996 Retired US Army
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2019 Bighorn, 4 X 4, 3.21 rear, Bright Flame Red Pearl Coat, Mopar tonneau cover,Westin Bed rug
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Hemi 5.7
I get good reception in the metro area that I live and mostly listen to serrius on the road..there are probably some good after market antennas to get. the test for me is if I can pick up my favorite station 92.5 all the way to waco from ft. worth..90ish miles..my '19 ram starts to fizzle a few miles short so it does seem to be a little weaker than the '17 gmc sierra I had before.
I cannot pick up 820 AM near Waco. It comes in, but not great. I have to be North of Hwy 84 to hear ne thing out of DFW area on AM. FM comes in once you get North of Waco, like Hillsborough area, but I am usually on the FM (for the un-knowing, Farm to Market Roads), back roads, trying to avoid IH 35. My motorcycle AM suks, on FM I can pull in some, but it has gotten so bad I put a Bluetooth aux receiver on the MC into the radio Input and listen to like Sirius or Pandora on MC. Seems like the more they push 5G stuff, my radio just not doing well.

My RAM: does OK, But it does get intermittent at times, even with closer FM stations, especially since they started playing with the bandwidth and the 5G roll out, IMHO. I at least have 4G on the RAM, and not at yet have the problem of the older trucks with the 3G "obsolete" stuff now.
 

Papawolf101

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2019
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I was here to see if anybody had a solution, nope just complaints.
I have a 2019, I have a shark fin on the roof and an old school silver whip on the fender. I have taken it off for car washes and all the radio goes away! My favorite (FM) channel in this area fades in and out with zero rhyme or reason, occasionally I get someone pull close and it will play their music. Once an Escalade came up and they were watching **** on their seatback tv's. I got the joy of hearing their "conversation" from the video.
As far as LED's hurting reception, I added them and it didn't get any worse, still get the same weak signal that comes in clear on my other vehicles and previous vehicles!
Anyway, does anybody have any suggestions on how to fix the problem, or even make it better? Anybody try a signal booster like on Amazon, or are they just junk?
 
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