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novadose2009
29-12-10, 03:50 PM
im trying out a few ideas on aerials and would like to hide 1 completly the best one i have found so far is an internal one you fit onto your window but i have no idea how good the signal is going to be with that.
anyone had any suggestions on what aerial i could use or where it could be re-located or hidden and how good the signals will be?
Have a search and see if it's possible to use the heated rear screen elements as an aerial. I'm sure I've heard of some cars doing it.
I have used one of these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Internal-Glass-Windscreen-Mount-Amplified-Car-Aerial-/160515878861?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item255f7defcd) with good results, they are better in open areas but tbh I never really listened to that much radio lol
I used one of those as well and it was fine, mounted at the top of the screen.
fastcar1cars
29-12-10, 04:49 PM
i used a glass mount one and it was rubbish in my area! And to be honest wasnt much better anywhere! It was an amplified one too! Lol!
i used a glass mount one and it was rubbish in my area! And to be honest wasnt much better anywhere! It was an amplified one too! Lol!
I agree with the above
old fords iirc used the rear window heating strips as an aerial
General Baxter
29-12-10, 05:18 PM
the problem you have is that the car acts as a farraday cage
DAB. Hide the aerial in the crossmember.
Car's that run aerials embedded in the screen don't exacty give a clean look.
novadose2009
29-12-10, 06:39 PM
il try find out about using heated rear window as a aerial and if it work ect
well anyone tryed it or no about it?
daverobson
29-12-10, 06:45 PM
old fords iirc used the rear window heating strips as an aerial
bmw's too
I have used one of these (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Internal-Glass-Windscreen-Mount-Amplified-Car-Aerial-/160515878861?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item255f7defcd)
This is what i have, hidden in the tinted strip. Works perfectly. Never lose sig or quality even in a tunnel..
Dan Stanley
29-12-10, 11:26 PM
I used one of them as well, it wasn't great. You don't have a top tint windscreen either Si, so you wont be able to hide the aerial there.
Pistol Pete
29-12-10, 11:28 PM
IIRC my aerial was connected to my rear screen.
old fords iirc used the rear window heating strips as an aerial
Not bad signal either
novadose2009
29-12-10, 11:37 PM
IIRC my aerial was connected to my rear screen.
how was the signal and how do u wire it up to make it a aerial mate?
I also ran and normal style aerial under the dash. That worked fine too.
Pistol Pete
30-12-10, 09:40 AM
how was the signal and how do u wire it up to make it a aerial mate?
lol i did say IIRC... my car has been stripped since 2001!! I ran a CD headunit, sub/amp combo anyway...no need for radio!
TBH, you could get creative and use a normal aerial and hide it in a pillar??
Iirc Ford Sierras use the rear heated screen elements, there is an interface around the rear shelf, to stop you back feeding a voltage to your headunit when you turn your heated screen on, if I was you I'd got to the scrappy, strip one down to find out how it works and see it there is anything you can utilies on your saloon rear screen
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