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Excuse me posting to two groups as I do not know which is best for this.

My new (used) Citroen C3 has dreadful radio reception compared to my
last car.
Would a 'shark fin' aerial be likely to improve reception over the
standard 'stick' version?
If not then any suggestions?
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Jim the Geordie

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On 09/10/2025 18:03, Jim the Geordie wrote:

Excuse me posting to two groups as I do not know which is best for this.

My new (used) Citroen C3 has dreadful radio reception compared to my
last car.
Would a 'shark fin' aerial be likely to improve reception over the
standard 'stick' version?
If not then any suggestions?

The shark fin aerials have a built in amplifier, so may well jbex better.
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John.
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John Williamson wrote:

Jim the Geordie wrote:

My new (used) Citroen C3 has dreadful radio reception compared to my
last car.
Would a 'shark fin' aerial be likely to improve reception over the
standard 'stick' version?
If not then any suggestions?

-aThe shark fin aerials have a built in amplifier, so may well jbex better.

But the car has to feed power up to the shark fin, which it is unlikely
to do for the standard C3 aerial ... so it's not a straight swap.

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On 09/10/2025 18:18, Andy Burns wrote:

John Williamson wrote:

Jim the Geordie wrote:

My new (used) Citroen C3 has dreadful radio reception compared to my
last car.
Would a 'shark fin' aerial be likely to improve reception over the
standard 'stick' version?
If not then any suggestions?

-a-aThe shark fin aerials have a built in amplifier, so may well jbex
better.

But the car has to feed power up to the shark fin, which it is unlikely
to do for the standard C3 aerial ... so it's not a straight swap.

Unless the radio has a phantom power facility, but even if it does, how
would you enable it !

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On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 18:03:47 +0100, Jim the Geordie
<jim@geordieland.com> wrote:

Excuse me posting to two groups as I do not know which is best for this.

My new (used) Citroen C3 has dreadful radio reception compared to my
last car.
Would a 'shark fin' aerial be likely to improve reception over the
standard 'stick' version?
If not then any suggestions?

More than 1 thread on this forum about radio reception :

https://citroenc3owners.com/audio-f9/radio-reception-very-bad-t5582.html

John T.
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Jim the Geordie wrote:

Excuse me posting to two groups as I do not know which is best for this.

My new (used) Citroen C3 has dreadful radio reception compared to my
last car.
Would a 'shark fin' aerial be likely to improve reception over the
standard 'stick' version?
If not then any suggestions?

My suggestion would be to stream via bluetooth from your phone.
More choice of stations and if you listen to BBC you have catch up.
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William Stickers <bill.stickers@innocent.com> wrote:

Jim the Geordie wrote:

Excuse me posting to two groups as I do not know which is best for this.

My new (used) Citroen C3 has dreadful radio reception compared to my
last car.
Would a 'shark fin' aerial be likely to improve reception over the standard 'stick' version?
If not then any suggestions?

My suggestion would be to stream via bluetooth from your phone.
More choice of stations and if you listen to BBC you have catch up.

I'll second that. It's a very long time since I last listened to
real wireless in the car.
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