Re: Antenna Question answered

[Eliot Lim <eliot@u.washington.edu>]

On 25 Apr 1996, Michael LaRosa wrote:

> but I think it's the radio not the antenna.  The alpine in my wifes car
> has much better recption and it's just using the little whip antenna on
> the back of the of the roof.

you cannot assume that the whip antenna has the same gain as the
windshield antenna.  i have a nak 460 in the v8 right now and at
the time it had one of highest sensitivities of any receiver.
performance is only so-so, slightly better than the stock bose.
the windshield antenna sucks, end of story.. :)

eliot