Re: Antennas

["Zach Vrooman" <zach@discover-net.net>]

-snip-
I'd be interested to hear a follow up from you as to how this type of ant.
> performs in real life.

I hooked it up last night to see if it would work, and with the radio
sitting on the dash and the wire still rolled, it picked up really good. 
AM reception was so-so, but I rarely listen to AM anyway. Hopefully I can
get the thing put in this weekend, then a full report. I live in a flat
area, but I can just hop over to Duluth to see how the setup will work in
the hills.

zach
86 8v
84 8v
85 GTI(soon to have tunes)





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> From: TBerk16@aol.com
> To: zach@discover-net.net
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Antennas
> Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 6:40 PM
> 
> In a message dated 11/23/98, 3:18:37 PM, zach@discover-net.net writes:
> <<Fellow listers,
> 
> I had a flash of inspiration today. My GTI is lacking an antenna for some
> odd reason, thereby rendering it tuneless. This is not good. So, I
wandered
> over to Radio Shack, and picked up a universal windshield antenna kit. It
> has a thin wire that runs along the top of the windshield like on old
Chevy
> trucks. 
> <Snip>
>  The only problem with the kit is that the supplied plug for the
> antenna hole is too big for the hole on the car, but there's gotta be a
> rubber plug out there that will fit. 
> 
> zach
> >>
> 
> 
> > 
> 2nd Radio Shack tip;  someone hipped me to a Y adapter that allows two
ant.s
> to be used with one radio.t he idea was to plug in a second one, in
addition
> to the regular fender mounted jobbie, and stash the second one up in the
dash.
> This was said to improve the 'plane' of reception and improve things
> noticably.
> 
> I found one such adapter for appox $5US and a rubber flex ant.; $5US.
Gonna
> install in the '81 soon as I get the new eng. sorted.
> 
> GL,
> TBerk
> 
> PS- Anyone notice Sciroccos seem to be hard on reception- cell phones,
radios,
> etc?
> 
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