Hi all -- some facts I have learned about automobile noise after 40 years in the profession.

DEALER FIX: While dealing with many different professional communications users, I found that the automobile industry usually has a kit to fix most RF and electrical noises that are generated by the auto and with problems that the auto has with RF interference getting into the circuits.

REASON -- It is cheaper to provide the equipment to fix the autos that have a problem due to installed communications equipment, than to install the fix on millions and millions of autos that don't need it.

SOLUTION -- I always told the customer to check with the dealer to find the proper fix -- it usually took a manager and up the chain to a district manager for a fix. And now we have Google and the Internet, which makes finding these fixes easier.

Of course the new Hybrids have a whole new set of problems and solutions.

Side note -- the diesel and the 2007 trip to Dayton: One would think a diesel is very quite - no ignition and no electric fan on the radiator. Wrong -- the electric injector pump on the 1997 Ford F350 had 20 over S-9 noise when we put the radio in it. My F150 with a V6 gas engine has no noise, but it was S-9 noise when just parked next to the diesel. Google RF noise on the Ford diesel -- there are some solutions.

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