radio signal with antenna down?
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radio signal with antenna down?
Hey,
I was just wondering how much of a difference the radio signal will be if the antenna is down? Has anyone tried it? I'm thinking about getting a rear spoiler, but most of them overlap with the antenna mast, so I was thinking of just keeping the antenna down all the time. I guess my other option would be to drill a hole through the spoiler for the antenna to go up through, but I'd rather not if possible.
I was just wondering how much of a difference the radio signal will be if the antenna is down? Has anyone tried it? I'm thinking about getting a rear spoiler, but most of them overlap with the antenna mast, so I was thinking of just keeping the antenna down all the time. I guess my other option would be to drill a hole through the spoiler for the antenna to go up through, but I'd rather not if possible.
the GTU spoiler is designed with an opening for the antenna mast and is sexier looking than any of the other aftermarket spoilers i have seen. reception will always be less with the antenna down but at least with the stock radio you still have something incoming with the windshield antenna.
FM: bad reception, AM: still will get good reception... but who listens to AM?
the reason: FM radio waves operate at a lower frequency , meaning that the waves are actually smaller than AM ones which operate at a much higher frequency hence bigger waves, hence constant "good" AM reception.
the reason: FM radio waves operate at a lower frequency , meaning that the waves are actually smaller than AM ones which operate at a much higher frequency hence bigger waves, hence constant "good" AM reception.
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Long wavelength=lower frequency and conversely, short wavelength=high freq.
That's why AM is in kHz (1000's of Hertz) whereas FM is in mHz (Millions of Hertz) where hertz is the frequency in units of per second.
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