Try a "Marine antennae" made for boats. I have on under (actually inside)
the dash of my Honda Helix motor scooter for the factory radio installed in
the dash and it works great. Cost on ebay was about $25.
On 10/10/05 8:38 AM, "Barry Schwartz" <v6spitfireguy@cox.net> wrote:
> I'll second Randall's comment. I mounted a wire antenna, basically just a
> wire hanging down the back of the cab, in my 40 Ford truck because I didn't
> want to drill a hole in the cab for an antenna. I works, however, just
> barely. Of course a window embedded one would work a little better since
> the cab will tend to block the signal. However, like Randall, I wasn't too
> concerned with radio reception either since I was planning on using the MP3
> feature of the unit anyway. Randall at least has the luxury of a good
> "oldies" station at 101.1 - Us poor schmucks down here in San Diego are
> lamenting the loss of ours when the last remaining oldies station at 94.9
> went off the air a couple of months ago, well was replaced by another
> format in a different language, and at present all you can get are either
> Spanish which seems to be taking over the airwaves these days, or 80's
> stuff and a couple of country which can be good on occasion - sign of the
> times I guess - And not to offend anybody, but...well...lets just say I
> didn't care for the 80's and later musically - give me the 50's and 60's
> any day, now that's rock an roll!
> Ooop, yes I'm sorry dear, I'm taking the medication right now...off the
> soap box :-)
>
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego)
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