Why does radio reception always suck in a McDonald's parking lot?

Question

Why does radio reception always suck in a McDonald's parking lot?

Answer 1

i know what you mean. but the strange thing is, you can get perfect reception in the kitchen at mcdonalds....

Answer 2

White Noise from transmission lines infiltrate the building

and the parking lot. I liked all of those who answered this

question, very cool....I'm gonna stay away from those

fry cooks and their radiation too!

(watch out for the drummer in the link also!)

Answer 3

Because the grease used by McDonalds  in the cooking process escapes into the environment and sticks to your antenna creating a barrier between your cars antenna and the radio station.

Answer 4

It isn't because of the two way radios  (which are Fm and work basically in the same area as police and government radios do) which can be overrun on some older radio systems with a 4 watt CB radio....

It's all the neon and florescent tubes and the transformers they use. Most resterants use a ton of these lights with the transformers that do are are going bad give a bad case of RF noise and blanks out most of the Am radio and any distant FM stations. You will find certain parts of the store worse for it than others.

Answer 5

They use headsets to communicate and make the drive-thru ordering quicker. The grill cook can hear you order in the drive-thru. They need a frequency that's stronger than all the radios in all the cars backed-up in the drive thru and in the area.

Answer 6

because mcdonalds cooks with radiation and all the frequencies go to the kitchen

Answer 7

Buzz Litebeer got it...the 2-way radio system used at most fast food restaraunts tend to overpower car radios because of their powerful (but limited) range.