Re: Internal antennas...

["Frontstage" <frntstg9@allinux1.alliance.net>]

personally, i rather like those antennae that come on the VW Passat...

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> From: AUDIDUDI@delphi.com
> To: QUATTRO@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Internal antennas...
> Date: Sunday, August 11, 1996 12:24 PM
> 
> Linus Toy is in Phoenix on business (obviously, since no one would come
here
> during the month of August for any other reason!) and we had dinner
together
> last night.  I found him to be a genuinely nice guy (he even said a few
nice
> things about my car, which wasn't easy under the circumstances -- suffice
it
> to say the Audi Gods worked overtime last week!) and very knowledgable
about
> Audis to boot...
> 
> While driving to the restaurant, he couldn't help but notice the gaping
hole
> where the radio is supposed to be but isn't ... I explained to him that
I've
> been trying to figure out the best way to adapt my aftermarket radio to
work
> properly with Audi's dual-antenna setup and that everything points to
adding
> an external antenna, which I'm very reluctant to do since I like how the
car
> looks without it.
> 
> He suggested mounting one of the small Fuba VW 16v-type antennas on the
rear
> deck instead ... has anyone ever tried this?  I don't think it will work
any
> better than when mounted externally but if the degradation isn't too bad,
it
> might work a LOT better than using either of the OEM window-mounted
antennas
> alone.  Any comments/speculation about successful this might be?
> 
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