Just to give everyone an update, i retested the SWR and it was extremely
high. So i reset the antenna inductor back to where its supposed to be and
the SWR went to 1.5:1. I also ran wires back to the battery, then through a
filter and to the radio. After spending 1.5hours getting all that installed,
the noise doubled compared to what i had before.

"Zombie" wrote in message
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I haven't retested the SWR yet, mainly because there is some amount of
stuff
I have to take apart to get to the back of the radio. Then some stupid
neighbor comes over "WHOA MAN You got your car all apart!!!" and starts
wigging out sigh. And yes, I have committed the evil sin of running off
the car's power, my Kenwood CD player picks up AM without a hint of noise
from the engine, so I always declared it clean enough. However, I know
Nissan recommends running straight off battery power. I already recycled
some nice 14 gauge wire from work, and have a hole in the fire wall and
some
fuse holders and a relay all sitting there (so the radio can be shut off
with the ACC), waiting to be soldered together. I'll have to try putting
those in this weekend. Right now the way it is the noise added is small,
and
only transmissions I have to strain to hear in the first place are getting
drowned out. However, even with reasonably strong reception the annoying
part is that it noise mixes in and creates a very annoying tone in the
background.