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I am trying to get the a.m. stations on my g.e. radio and they come in for a few seconds and then they are gone Update (10/16/2016) 3-5624a is the model number
@kjoann86 transitor radios started using an internal antenna for the AM signal. FM signal is captured through the external one, that in your case has the broken tip. For some stations and locations the internal antenna just is not strong enough to receive a good signal. I would start off by trying to move the radio to a different location to see if that increase the signal strength. If that is not possible then I’d consider an external AM antenna There are a few AM antennas commercially available or your can simply build your own. There are some decent general instruction about AM reception on here.
