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DAB Aerial

Post by Scratch » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:41 am

What are you opinions on screen mounted DAB aerials? Are there better alternatives to get good reception?
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by Joe_anne123 » Fri Oct 07, 2016 2:22 pm

Mine works brilliantly.
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by Gasy » Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:51 pm

I have a small mag mount dab aerial
Works brilliantly
Lead just comes in passenger door then hidden behind plastic on pillar
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Post by mikeonb4c » Fri Oct 07, 2016 9:03 pm

Mine works great and i've forgotten its there. . I'd have rather tried one of those devices that allows you to use the analogue aerial but reports are mixed and life's too short so i let halfrauds talk me out of it :roll: :lol: 8)
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Post by Jillygumbo » Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:52 pm

I have one of those windscreen aerials fitted by JAL when they fitted the roof and removed the roof aerial. Around Swindon it doesn't work very well at all but around Cornwall I got fantastic reception - go Cornwall!!! No doubt I'm back to bad reception and iPod!!
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by Scratch » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:42 am

Pioneer DAB stereo fitted with screen mounted aerial and it works great! Much better than the DAB radio in my company car (BMW)
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by teenmal » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:56 am

Gasy wrote:I have a small mag mount dab aerial
Works brilliantly
Lead just comes in passenger door then hidden behind plastic on pillar

Hi, do you have a link to that particular aerial .

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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by Bob » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:31 am

I'm guessing the mag mount is on a tin top?
Take a torch, toilet roll, and tea bags.

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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by JoeC » Tue Oct 25, 2016 2:58 pm

Does anybody know any names and model types of these good aerials?
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Post by Gasy » Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:15 pm

Not a tin top
My mag mount is on the bulkhead above windscreen passenger side
Cable runs in through door then down inside of the plastic trim on the pillar
Came with the DAB radio from halfords (£50 off there Internet site )
I've seen the mini mag mount dab aerials same as mine on ebay £10-20
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Always had a good reception ( it does struggle going across the fells on the A66 into Cumbria )
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by Gasy » Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:18 pm

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAB-Aerial-fo ... SwxH1T79Xm

Think mine only has 3m of cable (think pls measure before buying a 3 mar )
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by Bob » Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:37 pm

That's very neat. :D
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by Gasy » Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:54 pm

I did think about routing the cable under the auto roof then into the inside
But don't think my 3m cable was long enough
That one I posted above has 4m so might be poss with that
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Re: DAB Aerial

Post by George217 » Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:13 am

Just had a screen mounted DAB aerial fitted. It came free with the stereo unit, so likely not expensive. I haven't been outside South Wales since fitting, but I've programmed in all of my favourite DAB channels, and reception (so far) is excellent. No doubt I'll get some flat spots due course.
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