RE: Antenna Diversity

[Peter Henriksen <peterhe@microsoft.com>]

On that note (not wanting an external antenna): my 91 200 qw has the
embedded wire in the windshield and a FUBA antenna at the rear lip of
the roof. Does that mean it uses both? Does it have another antenna
embedded in the rear window?

Thanks.

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>From: 	AUDIDUDI@delphi.com[SMTP:AUDIDUDI@delphi.com]
>Sent: 	Wednesday, March 06, 1996 9:41 AM
>To: 	a-powell1@tamu.edu; QUATTRO@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Antenna Diversity
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>> But o'course, when you replace the radio, you have only one input.  I 
>> suppose I could make up a pigtail to connect both antennas to the single 
>> input, but I kinda doubt the advantage would be worth it....or it 
>> might even make it worse.  **Has anyone tried this?**
>
>Although I haven't done it yet, I am planning to swap the stereo from
>my '87
>5k to my '89 200q ... however, since I do listen to the radio
>frequently and
>don't want to install an external antenna (IMHO, the car looks nicer
>without
>one), I may be willing to pop for a new head unit that's designed for
>use in
>a diversity setup.  Personally, I'd be surprised if hooking the two
>antennas
>together offers any improvement over using just the one...
>
>Before I start calling around to the local car stereo emporiums, does
>anyone
>have any input/experience with this?  I seem to recall that Kenwood
>once had
>a few models that offered this feature ... any others?
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