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StevenF

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Re: Antenna help needed
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2015, 09:30:58 »
I can safely tell you the ebay units are wrong.  I bought one years ago and it's a mile off.  As for what is correct that gets a little trickier.  depending on how your car was optioned it would have either an automatic Hirschmann Auta 6000D which is near impossible to find in working condition or a manual Hirschman antenna from the same era like the one from Anthentic classics.   What I do know about the original is that there is a Hirschman logo which looks like an "H" in a shield design and the top of the antenna has 2 slots for use with a small forked key.  This feature may have a black plastic cap covering the antenna top it if you choose not to use the high security feature.  I "Believe" the one from Authentic classics is the correct one but you might want to call them to be sure.

Auta 6000D:

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hirschmann_auta_6000_serie_d6_8.html






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Re: Antenna help needed
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2015, 15:16:51 »
http://www.sl113.org/wiki/Electrical/Antenna

Check the technical manual as well...
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Re: Antenna help needed
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2016, 13:27:09 »
let me know how you do. i need to replace mine!!

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Re: Antenna help needed
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2016, 17:18:36 »
Michael,
I ended up buying from:
http://beckerautosound.com/hirschmann-antenna/3056752
Ask for Tom
They have 2 versions--one is NOS from Germany (the one I purchased) and a less expensive Hirschmann from China

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Steven
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