Date:         Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:59:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Jennifer <ncc876@yahoo.com>
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From:         Jennifer <ncc876@yahoo.com>
Subject:      Re: Looking for Antenna Options
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At 2:46 PM -0600 4/25/01, Cory Zumbrennen rearranged electrons to say:

Hey Ken do you think that you could install one of these Fuba
antennas in the normal antenna position?  Does the angle of the Fuba
match the angle of the Vanagon Nose?  If it did that the antenna
should point straight up and be totally flexable.  Are the ones you
have for $50 the amplified version?

A photo of the Fuba antenna on the roof of my 2K Golf GLS:

http://www.buran.org/images/pixels/Volkswagens/My_2000_Golf_GLS/First_Photos/golf01.jpg

Since it's not early August yet, I don't have my Westy yet, so I
can't check the nose angle of a Vanagon for a test fit; hopefully
someone can use this photo to tell whether it would work.

I've got a Bentley for the Golf on CD-ROM that I bought used this
weekend; if it has part numbers (I hope it does), I'll look up that
info when I get home ... but I can't see a Fuba antenna costing more
than 20. $15 or $10 is more likely.

Warning: the Fuba is easy to remove (just grab it by the base and
twist), so in areas where antennas are stolen often, you might want
to get some ThreadLock to hold it in the socket.

They are flexible -- to a point. Don't try to bend it into a perfect
U-shape, but you can bend the tip at least a couple of inches.

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Jennifer - ncc876@yahoo.com
... knee-deep in the hoopla ...

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