[Milsurplus] Things that affect us all...

[Facility 406]

On 8/13/2025 21:29, Hubert Miller wrote:
> I have a Nissan cargo van with a 6 inch factory antenna. I have still 
> not yet bought the $150 service manual, so i'm not sure if the antenna 
> has a preamp or not.

Being that short, probably.  On my sedan, the antenna is a trace in the 
rear window, with a pre-amp and bandpass filters in a module in the 
c-pillar.

On the XYL's little vehicle, it's a spring about 7" long.

One trick is to look online, at the manufacturers site for a replacement 
OEM antenna, which usually shows any cables, and amplifiers, then get 
the part number, and look up the actual item online in google images, or 
a used one listed on ebay to see multiple views of the actual part.

This is what is in my sedan, amplifier-wise:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/226256411347

The antenna model on the XYL's vehicle:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/376332226080

There is one co-ax, the other wire is a ground lead, not power to 
anything in the base.

Factory parts page, showing antenna types, location, cables, but no 
pre-amp, so it's probably in the factory radio:

https://parts.subaru.com/a/Subaru__Crosstrek-20L-CVT/69875196__7169007/AUDIO-PARTS-ANTENNA/G24-863-01.html

She likes to listen to a station on 660 when driving home from work, and 
it's about 650 miles away:

https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-window-rock-az-to-reno-nv

The station:

https://www.ktnnonline.com/

I like to listen to whatever I can, so figure a bigger antenna should 
help with DX at night, and local during the day.

Kurt