How to Improve Motorcycle Radio Reception

 Check for any loose connection or damage in the radio. Also, the antenna should be in place and perfectly installed. If yours is a very old one, it’s better to replace the antenna.

 Touching the antenna is a good way to simply enhance the reception. When you just touch your tiny motorcycle radio antenna, it will allow some signal to generate current and give better reception.

So, why goes touching the antenna improve reception?
It’s simple. All conductors can act like an antenna. And because of the fluids inside you, your body is also a conductor, you know! So, from this view, you can say your body is an antenna too!

However, when you add your body length to the small antenna by touching it, it becomes a part of the antenna. So, ultimately what happens here is that the antenna size extends and gathers signals as an antenna of your body size could do!

That’s the reason behind improving the radio reception by having a wider signal range!

Aluminum is a good transmitter and conductive element. Warping the antenna with aluminum foil will enhance the surface area and conductivity of the antenna. As a result, your radio will absorb more incoming radio wave signals and interferes with their transmission.

If all are okay, you can run suitable devices, as follows, for a signal booster. Also, in an area with a weak signal, you will need these:

If your radio has an internal amplifier, it’s a plus point to get a stronger signal. It will ultimately boost the poor radio waves and give you a better motorcycle radio reception.

Install an external antenna by mounting it outside of the motorcycle. Also, you can run the antenna cable with the radio while installing the external antenna. However, it will help you find a better reception.
Or you can try radio having frequency -agile antenna which can get signals from a wider range of frequencies. Thus you can have a better reception with it.
Sometimes, using a separate antenna works better if you have more than one radio.

An antenna Booster or a Repeater is used for extending the signal range of your radio antenna. It works by receiving the existing signal, amplifying it, and then transmitting the boosted signal.

Moreover, in the case of communication, you can get better Voice quality with these devices.

Stereo signals are generally weaker than mono. So, sometimes it works when you switch your radio tuner from stereo to mono signals.

Heavy dust or other airborne particles have significant impacts on receiving radio signals. So, one way to avoid poor signals is to clean the antenna and wipe it down after every run.