On Thu, 11 May 95 13:34:49 CDT Sami Dakhlia said: >1) At this time, the radio is connected to a 4-foot fiberglass antenna >attached to the left corner of the front bumper. The cable has about 1 >foot of slack (in case it needs to be shortened). i think this would probably be the most reasonable solution. in fact, you could bet a duplicate antenna and put on the RIGHT corner of the front bumper, and tell everyone that they (antennas) were those "feeler" rods that the big trucks have (to tell where their front bumpers are)!! :) this should work ok, but you'll have to remember that because all the mass of the car is behind and to the right of the antenna, that your "best" transmitting will go off in that direction (back toward your left rear corner). but for ranges of 2-3 miles or so, it probably won't make any difference. and the bigger antenna is better, anyway. joel
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