Re: V8 antenna

[jtessman@enron.com]

     All;
     
     I have a '90V8Q but the wiring must be completely different. On mine 
     the rear quarter panel antenna is used exclusively by the cell phone 
     (hence the funny coax connector). The radio uses two (one front, one 
     back) antenna imbedded in the glass. The indash radio has two antenna 
     inputs and uses these to resolve multipath problems common in area 
     with a great number of tall buildings.
     
     I discovered all this when I lost signal one time, I removed the head 
     and found that the previous owner had made a mess of things tring to 
     install a CD player. Once I cleaned up the wiring everything worked 
     great again.
     
     You might want to investigate the wiring from the head unit more 
     closely to confirm your cars' individual configuration. Mine also has 
     RF gain amplifer imbedded in the C pillar. I don't recall which side. 
     This is used to boost the signal from the imbedded antenna. If the 
     power gets interrupted you'll lose signal from the front or back and 
     the result would hinder the ability of the discrimination logic in the 
     head unit.
     
     Regards...Jon Tessman
     
     '90 V8Q
     '94 Miata M Edition


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Subject: V8 antenna
Author:  Tim Gortner <tgortner@rocketmail.com> at ENRON-Internet
Date:    8/3/98 11:03 AM


Mike:
     
I've replaced mine successfully with a generic electric one from 
AutoZone, Lappen's, etc.  I had to go to radio shack to get a coax 
splicing device and a coax connector as the original <Schiff?> had the 
antenna cable doing the full run to the radio without a connector.
     
Tim Gortner
'90 V8Q
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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