At 09:53 PM 5/16/2010, Michael Sullivan wrote:
>OK, well there was a wire coming out of the dash with a little
>circle type male end and when I bought the van there was no stereo
>in it.  I got a Volvo antenna adapter that turned that little round
>male plug into a long male plug that is the type currently plugged
>into back of the stereo. The adapter has a blue wire coming out of
>it for the power antenna, I believe.  Just wanna extend my range.

Gotcha.  European to Motorola (?) type plug.  Dunno how power
antennas are wired; but it that is indeed a power-antenna feed then
putting voltage on it will make no difference.  OTOH if the adapter
has an amplifier built in, then powering it would likely make your
reception either better (if you're out in the puckerbrush) or maybe
worse (if you're in the city).  Or if it's to power an amplifier
built into the antenna itself, I'd expect no difference but you might
end up with twelve volts sitting on your antenna which could
conceivably be awkward.

Yours,
d
ps -- What exactly do you mean by "static?"  Crackling noises, or
something else?  It's generally only AM radios that are subject to
"static" reception from lightning etc etc.  That's one of the main
features of FM, that it rejects any kind of AM signal.