Rear Defroster grid as antenna
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Rear Defroster grid as antenna
its done, works fine. just disconnect both factory wires from the struts. Hook the inner wire of antenna lead to one strut, hook outer shielding to ground.
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Originally Posted by Vette 4 Fun
did I miss something?? 
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It is good you unhooked the defroster leads, I'm not sure but I would think if they were hooked up and turned on, it could fry the FM input on the radio 
I wonder if I would get better FM on my C5 this way
I wonder if I would get better FM on my C5 this way
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Originally Posted by vetteman9368
yea, there was a thread a while back where i asked if it would work. a bunch of people gave scientific reasons why it wouldn't work. One guy, forgot who, said he had done it on his 80 and his bonneville. Again people said it wouldn't work. So i figured it was worth the $8 for an antenna extension cable to find out. and it works better than the factory antenna
about 10 years ago. I told you it would work...
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Originally Posted by vetteman9368
yea, there was a thread a while back where i asked if it would work. a bunch of people gave scientific reasons why it wouldn't work. One guy, forgot who, said he had done it on his 80 and his bonneville. Again people said it wouldn't work. So i figured it was worth the $8 for an antenna extension cable to find out. and it works better than the factory antenna
Although I'm not sure if this is a testament to the quality of the rear defroster grid in the C4, or to the inferiority of the stock Harada antenna...
