Re: Radio antenna on fiberglass fender
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10/23/11 11:24 PM
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Plug the hole & move the antenna... Either on the rear quarter or on the roof.. You could try a hotrod style hidden antenna in the headliner but generally the reviews aren't good....
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Re: Radio antenna on fiberglass fender
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10/23/11 11:59 PM
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Leave it there but don't use it, try one of the hotrod style hidden antennas, Hirshman makes one of the best..Check the link... http://www.ebay.com/itm/HIRSCHMANN-Hidde...#ht_3109wt_1141It won't work as well as a well executed standard ground plane style antenna but..
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Re: Radio antenna on fiberglass fender
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10/24/11 11:50 AM
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Take a roll of alluminum duct sealer tape (about 4inches wide). Take the backing off and run a strip as far as you can reach to the front of the car to the door opening under the fender. Take another strip and run it from bottom of the fender around the antenna base. Mount the antenna on the foil strips. Will work well on FM, not so well on AM. When you are done, find a weak station on AM near 1400 Khz and peak the antenna tune on the radio. Antenna Specialists and Larsen sold foil pads for two way radio antennas for fiberglass. They are not big enough for AM radio. What I described is bigger than their pads but still really not big enough to totally solve the problem. Craig
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Re: Radio antenna on fiberglass fender *DELETED*
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10/25/11 01:11 AM
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Re: Radio antenna on fiberglass fender
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10/25/11 08:56 PM
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Find it hard to believe that will work. There is no electrical theory cited in the ad and I know of none that would apply. And for $50 american, I don't think I want to even try it.
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Re: Radio antenna on fiberglass fender
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10/26/11 09:23 AM
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what you seen in the video is an electro magnet,,would work on some applications, but not a radio that receives a signal, what i told him to do is his fix for no ground on fiberglass fenders, quick easy and under dash ,never see it if done correct will work better, as with all devices , it will all ways search for the closes ground.
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