[DeTomaso] Connecting an antenna- Dakota Digital Electronic Antenna

[Chris Difani]

Dave:

Another option is installing a fixed, digital antenna, like those sold by 
Dakota Digital, thru Summit Racing.

Quoting from the Summit web site:

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Give your ride that clean look.
These Dakota Digital electronic antennas are designed
to pick up AM/FM signals just as well as external rods or aerial
antennas. They are supplied with a 9 ft. cable and require
only 3 in. of space for the mounting bracket.
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These run around $70 or so thru the usual online vendors, Summit, Jegs, 
Dakota Digital, etc. Here's the Summit link:

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=DAK%2DANT%2D1000&N=700+115&autoview=sku


Personally; I bought mine thru a eBay vendor for $35, including tax, 
shipping, etc. I did a search using "digital electronic antenna" with the 
"search description" option checked.

I installed mine under the front bumper on my '73L, and it works flawlessly. 
Clear and clean, with no static interference at all. The only tricky part is 
you need to run 12VDC power to it, as well as running it's antenna cable 
back to your radio location. It can be a pain to install, but once done, it 
is effectively invisible, will never give you any trouble, will never be 
broken off, and you'll never forget to extend it.

And as a last info nugget, our very own Mikey D. has one of these in his 
yellow Pantera....

Chris

Chris Difani
'73 L #5829 "LITNNG"
The Electric Pantera
Sacramento, CA
Email: cdifani at pacbell.net

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Londry" <davel at emspace.com>
To: "DeTomaso Forum" <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 9:18 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Connecting an antenna


> Anybody know how to get at the antenna in a windshield?
> 6143 has a bonded-in windshield labelled Viracon C-1335
> I'm on hold with a radio/media player install because I didn't want to
> make a hole for an antenna.
> Doh! Today I just noticed an antenna loop in my windshield, but I can't
> see any terminals or other way to get at it.
> thanks
> dave
>
> -- 
> Dave Londry
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