FM but no AM on the radio?

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Bonnewagon

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My buddy's Malibu had an antenna mounted on the rear fender next to the trunk lid. Some rat snapped it off. We replaced it with an almost identical antenna. Now we get FM but no AM on the radio. The radio is a simple AM/FM CD player, nothing fancy. What might cause this?
 

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It is aftermarket antenna. All parts are there. Are you saying the grounding may be bad?
 

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kind of there is a plastic washer that sits on the base of the antenna if it is not in the proper order of assembly you will only get FM reception
Interesting... I never knew that.
 
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Bonnewagon

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kind of there is a plastic washer that sits on the base of the antenna if it is not in the proper order of assembly you will only get FM reception
First I ever heard of that. But we used an almost identical antenna and installed it exactly the same way. My enginerd cousin says it is probably not grounded correctly. As soon as the tropical storm abates I will take the multi-meter and start checking.
 
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