# car radio reception

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-radio-reception/61050>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 6, 2001, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-radio-reception/61050 "2001-04-06T11:24:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![labdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5fc32e/32.png) [@labdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labdude)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-radio-reception/61050/1 "2001-04-06T11:24:43Z")

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As referenced in another thread my local NPR station is shutting down service.  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=66550](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=66550)

Now if I want to catch NPR, the ONLY station I listen to, I need to recieve a station about 60 miles away. I can catch this station (88.7) on a good day, but most of the time the signal fades in and out. Is there some sort of filter, antenna, or radio I can use to improve this situation. Currently I have a plain factory radio in my car.

thanks  
michael

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**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-radio-reception/61050/2 "2001-04-06T14:59:06Z")

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I feel your pain dude…No NPR, I’d be in serious depression. Perhaps you could work with the old station to get a list of subscribers and get together to get a translator.

Don’t know where you live, but in mountainous country, we have repeaters or translators to pick up the original signal and re-broadcast it. It’s possible you already have a nearby translator board nearby, in which case all you have to do is get enough folks together to request the other NPR station.