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Remove the Hood Blanket?
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<blockquote data-quote="Cobra'03" data-source="post: 160000" data-attributes="member: 3013"><p>Jim, are you sure? I believe the hood blanket is grounded because it has foil on one side to act as a shield (technically, a Faraday shield) since the composite hood has no shielding effect. If it were an antenna, it would need a line to the radio, and the ground strap is not it. Just my EE background squeaking, but I checked a shop manual and found no connection from the hood blanket to the radio, while there is a clear one from the fender antenna. Plus, given the wavelengths of AM radio, a big surface like the hood blanket would not be good reception. Cliff Claven, out. ;-) </p><p>\</p><p>Now, Jim is quite right in that AM radio noise will be greater without the hood blanket.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cobra'03, post: 160000, member: 3013"] Jim, are you sure? I believe the hood blanket is grounded because it has foil on one side to act as a shield (technically, a Faraday shield) since the composite hood has no shielding effect. If it were an antenna, it would need a line to the radio, and the ground strap is not it. Just my EE background squeaking, but I checked a shop manual and found no connection from the hood blanket to the radio, while there is a clear one from the fender antenna. Plus, given the wavelengths of AM radio, a big surface like the hood blanket would not be good reception. Cliff Claven, out. ;-) \ Now, Jim is quite right in that AM radio noise will be greater without the hood blanket. [/QUOTE]
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