Re: hidden antenna, etc

[drew@fstuk.demon.co.uk (Drew Faulkner)]

In message <9508271710.AA14471@ortiz.> "Robert D. Houk" writes:
> Speaking of radio antennii . . .
> 
> The catch? Yeah -- it is an Audi! And they use the funkiest bleeding
> connector on their ****ing OEM antenna unit. And they use the *FUNKIEST*
> antenna cable that I have *ever* seen. I've played with "coax" radio
> (and audio) cable for over half of my life, and this stuff was a new
> one on me! It's actually coaxial *tubing* -- the center conductor is
> an incredibly fine-guage (30 maybe? it's bigger than a [my] hair is,
> but it makes 24g "phone" wire look like a hose! It makes the individual
> strands of a stranded "phone" wire look like a cable!) wire that freely
> floats (and *kinks*) in a tube, with woven braid sheild over the tube,
> and finally insulation jacket over the braid.

Hmmmm - good to see someone else suffer... that stuff is fitted to
mine too - I'd never seen it before, and I'm a partner in a business
that sells cable.. :-)

> 
> Typical noxious afternoon project (Oh No! I have to pull the rear seat
> *again* [Well, I didn't *have to*, but as long as the replacement an-
> tenna came with 5 feet of its own antenna cable, I figured I might as
> well skip five feet of the Audi cable...I'm glad I did...]).
> 
> Wonderful!

Soooo - looking forward to getting *MY* RDS working :-)

-- 
Drew Faulkner
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