compustar antenna, vertical or horizontal

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Topic: compustar antenna, vertical or horizontal

Posted By: amigoxp
Subject: compustar antenna, vertical or horizontal
Date Posted: August 10, 2012 at 11:08 AM

Compustar antenna must be install Horizontal and/or Vertical ?

thank

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Posted By: kreg357
Date Posted: August 10, 2012 at 11:49 AM

I believe most of them have a horizontal recommendation from Compustar. Some even recommend horizontal on the drivers side. I have actually found, on certain cars, horizontal in the center of the windshield and on some AM units, vertical in the center works best ( longest range and all directions ). Probably have to temporarily tape it in place and test ( Grandson and cell phone works well posted_image ).

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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: August 10, 2012 at 12:12 PM

Centre or OPPOSITE to driver, who needs another line of sight distraction?
In practice with one way systems (physically smaller) depending on either heated or metallic windscreens you won't loose much if anything buried in the inst. panel or behind the "A" pillar trim.
Heck, on Porsche 911 and MR-2 I go for the rear side quarter window.

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Posted By: kreg357
Date Posted: August 11, 2012 at 9:30 AM

Distractions? This is America! There's plenty of sight room once you put down the cell phone or newspaper... posted_image

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( and I've seen worse...)

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Posted By: howie ll
Date Posted: August 11, 2012 at 2:27 PM

And don't forget on Skype or a movie on the cell phone whilst eating a corned beef sandwich and negotiating a roundabout.
Thank the stars for auto-boxes, enables me to talk, navigate eat and drink at once.
But still nothing in my line of sight.

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Amateurs assume, don't test and have problems; pros test first. I am not a free install service.
Read the installation manual, do a search here or online for your vehicle wiring before posting.

Posted By: icarus_icarus
Date Posted: August 13, 2012 at 8:50 PM

I stuck mine under the plastic flat dash panel in my Lincoln. Seems to still have good range there (I can start it from almost two blocks away at times still. depending on what is in the way!)

I really don't like the looks of most RS antenna, so hide them when I can :)

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