Interesting Antenna location

[Nicolas Aristodemou]

Since I didn’t want to drill my new front fenders to install a radio antenna I had to rely on a compact electronic device for my period Becker Mexico mounted under the dash just above the glovebox inner lining. Out of view but the performance of the radio was very poor. I had this idea of trying an ordinary Bosch antenna inside the engine bay just under the fender lip as shown on the attached photos. Antenna is black so is not noticeable and radio performance much better than before. So an interesting option for somebody facing a similar situation of not wanting to drill a fender to locate antenna.

[lpeterssen]

Try something like this ribbon antenna under the wood trim that goes next to the windshield. You can glue it to the wood trim and as the wood causes no interferences with radio signals as opposed to metal body in your case, performance would be better.  Installation it’s quite easy and in that place you are close to the radio unit itself.

I have installed this on one of my mercedes and works.

See link:

[Nicolas Aristodemou]

Thanks for the tip Ipeterssen. I will keep it in mind.  My setup, as shown on photos performs quite well though. My problem now with the old Becker  Mexico radio is no longer poor reception due to the antenna but the cluttering of FM stations (so many and so near in frequencies) that it is hard to select a station without interference from the adjacent stations.

[lpeterssen]

Your welcome, but maybe so many interference is due to the antena poor reception on that position inside the engine bay with so man6 reflecting metal surfaces surrounding it.

Leonardo Peterssen