Re: V8 antenna

[Tim Gortner <tgortner@rocketmail.com>]

My understanding is that the electric antenna (which I have) was a
dealer installed fix to a reception problem with the windshield
antenna, since I have windsheild antennas in the glass (although I
have replaced the windshield a few times).

Tim





---jtessman@enron.com wrote:
>
>      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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