Miata Mailing List: November 1996, Message #227
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   From: Aleksandr Milewski 

Subject: Re: Part Ideas for Skip

   Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 14:57:00 -0500



Sam Sharp wrote:



>At 12:28 AM 11/3/96 -0500, you wrote:

>I just yesterday installed one of Jeff Anderson's antenna splitters.  It's a

>little box in the trunk that allows the CB to share the stock radio antenna

>with the AM-FM radio.  It's always there, but "invisible".  Seems to work

>fine.



Ahh, so he does make those. I sent a separate message to him last night,

but haven't heard back yet.



>Previously, I made a bracket that attached to one of the license plate bolts

>and held a 24" top loaded antenna.  It worked fine, but I got tired of

>removing it between trips.  It stayed in the trunk and the cable stayed in

>place.  I think I'm going to like the splitter better.



A duplexer would be a great solution. I'll just pull the wire for the CB

rig, and velcro it to the side of the transmisson tunnel when I need it. It

can live in the spare tire when I dont.



>When I take the 2-meter I use a *TINY* HT antenna with a magnet the size of

>a quarter.  So far it hasn't hurt the paint.



Starbug is my daily driver, and I do a lot of 440 simplex, so a real

antenna was a necessity. There's a tri-bander right in the middle of the

largest available ground plane. (The trunk lid.) Sorta makes the whole

thing look like an R/C car, though.



-Zandr

 '90 White "Starbug"















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