RE: [DML] Antenna in fender (was Re: e-bay Delorean items)
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RE: [DML] Antenna in fender (was Re: e-bay Delorean items)



[MODERATOR NOTE:  This pattern has been established.  Further "me too" messages about 21st century cars with in-glass antennae will be rejected.  - Mike Substelny, DML moderator of the week]

Yah they are on a comeback.  My 2002 Expedition has it in the rear side
window and it works well.  

Emory


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Dave Swingle
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 2:53 PM
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [DML] Antenna in fender (was Re: e-bay Delorean items)
> 
> In-glass antennas have come back.
> 
> "Radios of the day" is the operative phrase. I have had several
> modern cars (BMW) that have antennas in the rear glass and they work
> fine (at least until the antenna amplifier buried in the trunk
> fails). It's part of the OEM radio installation so I'm not sure how
> effective an amp would be in a DMC installation. Might be worth a try
> if you can find a good one.
> 
> Dave S
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David Teitelbaum" <jtrealty@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "robert parker" <roberthparker@>
> wrote:
> > >
> > The windscreen antennaes were Detroit's answer to the problems with
> > car washes damaging the antennaes and it was cheaper than a power
> > antennae. The problem was if you are in an area of poor reception
> > (rural or just not near a radio station) the signal was too weak for
> > the radios of the time to amplify without a lot of static. Driving
> > between big cities on the highway was terrible, especially for FM.
> > After getting so many complaints they all gave up on the windscreen
> > antennae. The other problem is that it is horizontally polarized so
> it
> > can't receive the vertically polarized signal as effectively as a
> > whip. If you are happy with the windscreen antennae it is probably
> > because you get a strong signal in the area you use it in.
> > David Teitelbaum
> > vin 10757


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