[aprssig] Re: Mounting 2M Xcvr in '05 Toyota Camry

[bob evinger]

A lot of the HOnda models have an inglass antenna in the rear window as 
well. I like them, it gives me more roof space to mount ham antennas :)

bob


Bob Evinger EMT-I  WD9EKA/AAR5MG(Army MARS operator)
The twisties - not the superslabs - seperate the riders from the squids

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, KC2MMI (Jared) wrote:

> "my new 2006 Jetta TDI has an antenna embedded in
> the rear window.  Somehow they are utilizing the defogger grid in the
> rear window as "
> You may remember GM went to using a dipole wire in the front windshield in the
> 70's models. This was to show how advanced and sleek they were and supposedly
> car-wash and vandal-proof as well. There was some talk that internally it was
> also more PROFITABLE, less wiring and less body installation work to do.
> GM scrapped the idea shortly after because they in-glass antennas just don't
> work well in Kansas and other places with weak signals. No doubt VW is trying
> the same thing for the same reasons--sleek, modern, vandal-proof, PROFITABLE,
> but it is going to have the same weaknesses, same directional issues. With AM
> radio going away and XM becoming more popular...maybe they'll get away with it
> this time.
>
> But most everything a car company can do boils down to profit, save a dime on a
> million cars and you've made a nice bonus. Technology is a faint #2 to that. I'd
> like to make a million dimes this year too!
>
> Remember too that the antenna on a car is designed with only rx in mind,
> locations for an even tx pattern will put a totally different priority on tx
> antenna positions.
>
>
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