[Healeys] Radio antenna

[Mr. Bill]

Hi Tom,

I bought a little 3" auxiliary speaker that can be easily heard when 
cranked up.  It sits on the parcel tray next to the small removable CB 
unit.  There's another fused hot lead there that powers the GPS.  Either 
lead can be quickly disconnected to run something else.

Bill

tomfelts at windstream.net wrote:
> Mine was one of the skinny metal antenna's so it tended to flap around.  If I hook it up again, I'll use a larger one.  I did kinda like the looks of it.  My problem with the CB was that I couldn't hear it at speed.  Don't think it had ear phone jacks either.
>   
>> From: "Mr. Bill" <bn1 at pacbell.net>
>> Date: 2008/07/27 Sun PM 01:44:04 EDT
>> To: Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Radio antenna
>>
>> Another friend of mine, also on this List and who I thought would 
>> answer, hid his horizontally under the rocker panel.  As I remember the 
>> reception was pretty terrible BUT you couldn't see the antenna.  :-)   
>> Maybe he'll verify that.?
>>
>> I, too, have a CB antenna with a quick release on the RR bumper mount.  
>> My fiberglass antenna doesn't whip around at speed and when removed, the 
>> mount is hidden by the bumper.  I like it that way.  How many of you who 
>> went to Conclave even noticed it?
>>
>> Bill Barnett
>> BN1M
>>
>> tomfelts at windstream.net wrote:
>>     
>>> Right rear of the front wing--as yours is.  I like it there.  Some have put it on the right rear wing. but I don't like it at all there.  You could put a mount on the rear bumper attachments and mount it there.  I had a CB antenna there once and it looked pretty good.  But--at speed it tended to "flap" around a lot.
>>>   
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>>>> From: "Elton Schulz" <eschulz at frontiernet.net>
>>>> Date: 2008/07/26 Sat PM 11:50:44 EDT
>>>> To: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
>>>> Subject: [Healeys] Radio antenna
>>>>
>>>> Fellow listers,
>>>> The radio antenna for my vintage radio is mounted on the right front fender of
>>>> my BJ7. I'm not sure I like it's location. I think it detracts from the look
>>>> of the car. Since I'm restoring the car, I'm considering closing the hole in
>>>> the fender and relocating the antenna so it's not so obtrusive. Where have you
>>>> mounted your antenna on your cars? Any options out there where the antenna
>>>> does not protrude from the sheet metal (i.e. more invisible)?
>>>> Elton
>>>> BJ7 in progress
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