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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:36:47 GMT
From: yada_yada_etcnopsamail.com (Inky)
Subject: Re: Electric Antenna


On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:28:41 +0100, "Simon" <simonnopsam900.fslife.co.uk> wrote: >Yes the green wire is supposed to activate the extension and retraction of >the aerial. Is it connected to the right wire on the radio? If it is then >there is something wrong with the aerial. The radio isn't original. It's a Blaupunkt. According to the diagram, I have the right wire. When I turn the radio on, the antenna extends. When I shut the radio off, it retracts. However, if I leave the radio on and turn the ignition off, the arial remains extended. >Simon -- christian >"Inky" <yada_yada_etcnopsamail.com> wrote in message >news:3bd3206b.12428012nopsam.CIS.DFN.DE... >> I'm putting a used electric Saab antenna on my '85 900. The antenna >> was originally on a '90. >> >> Best I can figure is this... One of the wires (green) on the antenna >> hooks to the radio which, when turned on, activates a relay. The other >> wire (red) connects to the positive side of the battery (not directly) >> and powers the motor. Ground is through the body. >> >> A couple of questions: >> >> 1. Is what I said above right? >> 2. Is the antenna supposed to retract when the car is shut off >> (because, currently, it does not)? >> >> TIA >> >> -- christian Well, Harv hit the aisles dancin' and screamin'. Some thought he had religion; others thought he had a demon, And Harv thought he had a Weedeater loose in his Fruit of the Looms. -- Ray Stevens (in "Mississippi Squirrel Revival")

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