new antennas - did they wise up?

[Craig D. Niederst]

FYI,
'98 A6 sedans did use a "whip" antenna mounted on the rear driver side
quarter panel. In '99, they returned to the antenna in the window set-up.

Craig
'92 100S (92k)
'86 CGT (198k)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ti Kan" <ti at amb.org>
To: <joel at chs.uchsc.edu>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: new antennas - did they wise up?


> Joel Lenorovitz writes:
> > As I was parked behind a new A6 today I happened to notice a minor
detail that had
> > escaped me until now:  it had a fixed, yet flexible antenna mast (i.e.,
> > non-retractible).  It looked stock.  Is this true?
>
> AFAIK that's for the phone only.
>
> > I also just passed a new A8 that doesn't have any antenna at all.  Just
out of
> > curiosity, where is it?
>
> All current Audis' radio antennas are embedded in the rear windshield.
>
> -Ti
> 01 S4 2.7 biturbo quattro
> 84 5000S 2.1 turbo
> 80 4000 2.0
> 96 A4 2.8 quattro (sold but not forgotten)
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