[NJARC] Car antennas

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Problem is not so much the antenna but the radio. The modern car radios have the AM section cheapend down My Buicks and Packards from the 40s and 50s will pull in AM stations where the Town Car and the Crown Vic stand there speechless. Both of them have preamps in the trunk with the rear window antenna,
 

 

 

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From: Al Klase <ark at ar88.net>
To: njarc <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, Oct 9, 2016 6:27 pm
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Car antennas

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Hi Joe,

I know just enough about his to be dangerous.  The short antennas are 
active antennas, that is, they have an amplifier at their base, and need 
a source of 12-volts.  I don't know if the DC comes from the radio, or 
just out of the general wiring harness.  I see some vehicle specific 
adapters that have both a coax with a Motorola (standard care radio) 
plug, and wire for DC.

Dredge through the Crutchfiels site: 
http://www.crutchfield.com/shopsearch/car_antenna.html

Al

Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 10/9/2016 2:58 PM, Joe Giliberti wrote:
> Just remember
> Reply = Poster
> Reply All = Everyone
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> Good afternoon!
>
> I just bought a car and it has this little tiny stub of an antenna. I
> listen to a lot of both AM and FM in my car, but I can't pull in 1010
> anymore. The antenna on the car is removable and therefore
> replaceable. Can anyone recommend an upgrade? The only high gain
> antennas I could find were for VHF and UHF ham bands.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Joe Giliberti
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