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| 134.11 | | MAJORS::QUICK | Wouldn't you like to know | Tue Apr 21 1992 14:18 | 6 |
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The car I've just bought has a Bosch windscreen ariel; the "radio" end
has the normal ariel plug, plus a red lead with a spade connector -
anyone know what this is for? Is it a power lead?
JJ.
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| 134.12 | A semi Wild Guess.... | COMICS::COOMBER | Inverted Flight Expert | Tue Apr 21 1992 14:27 | 9 |
| This is a semi wild guess, but my bmw has a bosch ariel , not the sort
of thing I'd fancy on the windscreen. It has a normal antenna lead plus
a single wire, can't remember the colour, but that is the power wire
for the antenna pre-amp. My guess is that it may serve that same
purpous.
Garry
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| 134.13 | Antennae.... | RDGENG::MOAKESR | | Tue Apr 21 1992 14:34 | 9 |
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The pre-amp idea sounds good, those windscreen antennae need quite a bit of
help.
The best use for it would be to combine it with another regular automatic aerial
and use a diversity tuner... (loadsa bucks..!)
_Richard
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| 134.14 | | MAJORS::QUICK | Wouldn't you like to know | Tue Apr 21 1992 15:03 | 7 |
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So do I stick 12 volts up it, that's the question???
I'll probably replace it with a normal ariel in the long run
but just to get things going this'll do...
JJ.
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| 134.15 | Could check.... | COMICS::COOMBER | Inverted Flight Expert | Tue Apr 21 1992 15:54 | 8 |
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I also have a damaged version of the same antenna in the workshop. I
use I can firstly tell you what colour the wire is and secondly what
happens with the wire disconnected . I must go down there this evening
,I left the lathe looking like a pig stye. I'll post a reply tomorrow.
Garry
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| 134.16 | And it looks like this... | COMICS::COOMBER | Inverted Flight Expert | Wed Apr 22 1992 10:08 | 30 |
| Ok, if the thing you have is anything like the antenna I looked at this
is what it looks like.
coming direct from the bottom of the antenna are 2 wires 1 grey(
antenna lead ) and a second single wire which is red. The red wire is
the power to the pre-amp. I don't know if car radios have a standard
wiring but it connects to a yellow wire off the radio, I think this is
the power source that would normally power an electric antenna. I
suspect that it only make a diffence when the signal is marginal. I
tried it with the pre-amp disconnected it made little or no difference,
but then again I only tried it on capital radio and I was in London.
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Thats what it kinda looks like.
Hope that helps
Garry
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| 134.17 | | MAJORS::QUICK | Wouldn't you like to know | Wed Apr 22 1992 10:51 | 4 |
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Great, thanks!
JJ.
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