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post Jul 21, 2005 - 5:19 PM
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CheesyLobster



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I broke my antenna about a month ago, and just today I took it apart, glued it do its always down, and attached some speaker wire to it for reception, sort of as described in here: http://www.6gc.net/index.php?action=howto&itu=36
The thing is, my reception isnt all that great. The speaker wire I used wasnt that thick, could that have something to do with it? Also, I tried attaching the wire to my frame and found that in doing that, I'd loose all reception, why is that? Is there an optimal wire guage and legnth/ any tricks for getting a really good reception without an antenna? thanks.
 
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post Jul 22, 2005 - 1:29 AM
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I agree.. Power antenna with switch... cuz I had a rubber antenna after i took the power one out (too ugly that tall) but the reception wasn't great at all... plus someone stole it :-P... So i went and bought a 31" universal power antenna (Ebay $ 50) and installed it with a switch... so now i can leave it down while listening to cd's but put it up when listening to radio and get awesome reception!


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~Daniel~ No Longer Celica Owner.. moved on to a 03 WRX-EJ207

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