I had the same question, and posted to a lot of these radio ngs as to why.
Forgot the details, but there are very specific diffs between the tuning
circuitry in car radios and that of your home stereo. Why home
stereos/radios don't incorporate these is beyond me.

I haven't gotten around to it yet, but I think I'm gonna have a lot of 12V
car batteries lyin around the house soon....
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Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll

"Andrew V" wrote in message
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I've seen people reference a news group for radios and am wondering which
one (found many radio related newsgroups). My questions relate to
improving AM/FM reception in a valley area. I can get the stations on the
car radio but almost nothing in the house(wood frame). I have the standard
antennas hooked up and want to do some research before I find myself at
the mercy of the radio shack sales guy.

Thanks

Andrew V