[s-cars] Need parts: Radio antennae

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In a message dated 10/8/2003 4:10:40 PM Central Daylight Time, Ken wrote:
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> I've been thinking about upgrading my antennae also.  I'm looking for a
> replacement antennae that will also be usable for an in car mobile phone
> (tri-mode-US) and will still work for the radio.
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> Any BTDTs?
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> Ken
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> I'm looking for a replacement antennae, for '95.5 S6. Terrible reception on
> radio. Any suggestions?
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95.5 ?  Ha Ha - there's no antenna - it's in the glass.  I went thru this
last summer and I finally gave up.  There is a FM antenna in the windshield and
an AM/FM antenna in the rear window.  There is also a signal booster in the
rear driver's side pillar.  I tried a bunch of things - I first verified that the
signal booster was working and it was.  I tried to tie in to the cell-phone
antenna - that did not do any good.  I spliced in cable (extra antenna) and put
it in my trunk and in the spare tire well (it's palstic) - it did no good.
The only thing that did work was taking the cable (lamp cord) and extending it
away from the car (15 foot) not very practical.  I have thought about drilling
a hole in my rear fender but I've managed to suppress that desire.

Now I was told that some tinted windows will block radio signals and my
windows are tinted so that may be my problem.  BTW AM reception is my only problem,
FM is clear.  If you do find a solution I would be very interested in hearing
about it.  I've resigned myself to listening to public radio and CDs and
tapes.

Mark
near Chicago
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