Anyone on these radio reception issues? Defective unit? Powered antenna (thought I had one already)

I am not all that familiar with your car, but is it possible your car has a powered antenna, but it is not being triggered to actually power up? I have seen situations in the past where cars have a sort of powered antenna booster that required a trigger (usually from the remote turn-on wire of the stereo) to turn on. If it doesn't get that trigger, its passive and reception is bad. Just an idea

Anyone on these radio reception issues? Defective unit? Powered antenna (thought I had one already)