Antenna Install a success
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Antenna Install a success
Hey Everybody,
I picked up a $25 antenna from Autozone, a little black one thats probably about 20 inches long. I paid an extra $10 for an amplifier, because I didn't know how it would do in the cab.
I spliced the antenna into the factory coax cable, I seperated the ground and sending wire by a lot per wire, about five inches, then I soldered them together, and put heat shrink around each wire so they wouldn't ever touch. I was in a hurry, and I couldn't find a wire to power the amplifier, so I just installed it without the amplifier for now.
I put it under the rear sill where the top locks into and where the hatch cover rolls out of on my 1987 Coupe. There was lots of room under there.
It picks up FM beautifully for the most part. AM isn't as good, but it does pick it up. The biggest problem I've noticed so far is that I'll either have perfect reception, or no reception. There is no in-between, no static or anything, I either have a station or I don't. It'll cut off if I drive around a hill or into a depression.
My next plan is to hook up the amplifier and see what that does, unfortunately with the Blose removed, there are no longer any power wires in the back of the car that are switched by the ignition switch.
So now I have Radio and CD, :) Two things I didn't have two months ago. :D :D :D
:seeya
I picked up a $25 antenna from Autozone, a little black one thats probably about 20 inches long. I paid an extra $10 for an amplifier, because I didn't know how it would do in the cab.
I spliced the antenna into the factory coax cable, I seperated the ground and sending wire by a lot per wire, about five inches, then I soldered them together, and put heat shrink around each wire so they wouldn't ever touch. I was in a hurry, and I couldn't find a wire to power the amplifier, so I just installed it without the amplifier for now.
I put it under the rear sill where the top locks into and where the hatch cover rolls out of on my 1987 Coupe. There was lots of room under there.
It picks up FM beautifully for the most part. AM isn't as good, but it does pick it up. The biggest problem I've noticed so far is that I'll either have perfect reception, or no reception. There is no in-between, no static or anything, I either have a station or I don't. It'll cut off if I drive around a hill or into a depression.
My next plan is to hook up the amplifier and see what that does, unfortunately with the Blose removed, there are no longer any power wires in the back of the car that are switched by the ignition switch.
So now I have Radio and CD, :) Two things I didn't have two months ago. :D :D :D
:seeya
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Re: Antenna Install a success (NoWorries)
Oh yeah, also, an update on the overheating deck.
I drilled two 1/2 inch holes on either side of the radio cavity, just as a test to see if the would create adequate cooling without a fan. I did a drive in the same conditions as the last time it overheated, 3 hours to Flagstaff Arizona from Phoenix, with the heater on full, stereo turned up, and it didn't overheat. :cool: I also checked the rear speaker wires for continuity and they turned out beautifully. I think the problem was in how air-tight the radio cavity is, and there is heater plumbing running along the back.
:seeya
I drilled two 1/2 inch holes on either side of the radio cavity, just as a test to see if the would create adequate cooling without a fan. I did a drive in the same conditions as the last time it overheated, 3 hours to Flagstaff Arizona from Phoenix, with the heater on full, stereo turned up, and it didn't overheat. :cool: I also checked the rear speaker wires for continuity and they turned out beautifully. I think the problem was in how air-tight the radio cavity is, and there is heater plumbing running along the back.
:seeya
