two aeriel leads?

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Topic: two aeriel leads?

Posted By: nickch
Subject: two aeriel leads?
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 4:32 PM

Hi, i have a 1987 Acura Legend. I noticed that there are 2 ( of what seem to look like) aerial leads connecting to the stock H/U. The only difference between the 2 is that one is the male connector one is the female. I currently have an FM Band Expander connected to the usual one thats used for most headunits and the other one is now unconnected, I was wondering what was the difference between the 2 aerials leads and now i notice that my FM reception has decresed somewhat.

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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: June 19, 2004 at 8:57 PM

Some cars use what are called diversity antennas, meaning there are actually two aireals and the head unit sums their signal. I don't know if this is the case in your car, but it could be the reason your reception degraded.

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Posted By: nickch
Date Posted: June 20, 2004 at 6:48 PM

so would this degration of signal still be there after i install an aftermarket headunit?

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