Jeff,
The car is converted negative earth so that should not be a problem.
I don't know what the plugs are
but I have new caps which are big metal affairs which cover the whole top of
the spark plugs. They also screw into the
existing copper cored HT leads.
Maybe I'll go and check the aerial ground again.
Steve
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Jeff Boatright [SMTP:jboatri@emory.edu]
> Gesendet am: Sonntag, 14. Juni 1998 16:41
> An: Stephen Oram; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Betreff: Re: Radio Suppression
>
>
> >My latest problem is due to the addition of a radio. ... Everything works
> >OK but
> >the interference is bad. ...
> >Stephen Oram
> >
> >1966 Sprite MKIII
>
>
> Is your car still positive earth? Is the radio a modern one (hence
> negative
> earth)? If so, then your antenna and radio must be electrically isolated
> from the car body. This means that the antenna has a 'floating' ground.
> Reception will be poor and the effects of interference will be greater.
> There are several remedies:
>
> 1. Buy an old positive ground radio
> 2. Change the car to negative ground
> 3. Build a circuit for the antenna that compensates for the floating
> set-up
> (a HAM frined told me how once, I could look it up)
>
> Each option has it's advantages and disadvantages.
>
> Jeff Boatright __o_\__ '65 Austin-Healey Sprite
> http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~jboatri/sprite/sprite.html
>
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