New Antenna Location

[GranTurismoDriver]

I have a S14 and I want to "shave" the antenna away. Where would the antenna go to keep the same reception as before.

[LeroyBrown]

I shaved my ****tt and disassembled it. What do you want the radio for when there is free music on the net and the i pod to hook it up to.

[GranTurismoDriver]

That's always an option, but what if I want to keep my radio tuner.

[sr20daze]

i dont have any experience with that, but my friend put it under the carpet/in the center of the mini trucks cab. im not sure ir it will work as good on other chassis or anything like that

[Torgus]

there are many different aftermarket antennas you can use. just google them. roof mounts, windshield mounts, dash mounts, etc. just find the one you want to use. personally after getting serius i rarely ever turn on terrestrial radio, however it is nice to have if i want to check the score of a game check on traffic etc.

I have a S14 and I want to "shave" the antenna away. Where would the antenna go to keep the same reception as before.

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[GranTurismoDriver]

Thanks for the advice...

[the converted]

I've had good results using these in customers cars before.

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[EW]

You will not have as good of reception without the 31" mast. In an area where signals are very strong, you may not have to much problem. In an area with weak or far away stations, reception will not be as good.

[Broadfield]

As EW said, roughly 2.4 - 2.6 feet is the ideal length of an automotive antenna. This would calculate to a 1/4 wavelength of the FM band. The antenna you see is only half of the actual setup though. The vehicle chassis itself is the other half of the setup. Take old rabbit ears for example. There are two "antennas" per say, or two halfs..... but this is actually one antenna setup. Newer vehicles may have the antenna in the glass, but it is routed and zig-zagged around the glass to get this same 1/4 wavelength. You then have the stubby antennas or some glass antennas that are amplified. These also work great, but are OEM. I have never seen an aftermarket amplified antenna come close to touching the reception of a OEM. If you were only listening to local stations, then you would be fine with something like Converted mentioned.

[GranTurismoDriver]

As EW said, roughly 2.4 - 2.6 feet is the ideal length of an automotive antenna. This would calculate to a 1/4 wavelength of the FM band. The antenna you see is only half of the actual setup though. The vehicle chassis itself is the other half of the setup. Take old rabbit ears for example. There are two "antennas" per say, or two halfs..... but this is actually one antenna setup. Newer vehicles may have the antenna in the glass, but it is routed and zig-zagged around the glass to get this same 1/4 wavelength. You then have the stubby antennas or some glass antennas that are amplified. These also work great, but are OEM. I have never seen an aftermarket amplified antenna come close to touching the reception of a OEM. If you were only listening to local stations, then you would be fine with something like Converted mentioned.

Wow..Thanks for the breakdown. I will only need the FM tuner for local stations. Most of the stations come in great in tunnels and parking garages, so I don't think the reception will be effected that bad...