steve.ravioli@gmail.com

Any suggestions on where I can find a cheap replacement antenna.
Somebody stole the antenna of my Accent. Im more shocked than upset...
i mean how expensive can they be? well, i guess that's why im posting
now. Is eBay the best shot or....

Richard Steinfeld

<steve.ravioli@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Any suggestions on where I can find a cheap replacement
antenna.
| Somebody stole the antenna of my Accent. Im more shocked than
upset...
| i mean how expensive can they be? well, i guess that's why im
posting
| now. Is eBay the best shot or....
|

Maybe someone needed it to use as a weapon, or to render it into
a fashionable roach clip. Sometimes, a person can be rather
desperate, and at a time such as that, only a car antenna will
serve. We must be loving, kind-hearted, and forgive the stupid
bastard.

Let me take a shot at this (I'm an audio person, although I don't
know the particular application).

An antenna is an antenna is an antenna. It's a resonant device,
so there's some need for adherance to specs, but there's no magic
to it. It just needs to be made decently and be the right length.
The thicker it is, the less precise the match to the range of
radio frequencies that you want to pick up -- in this case,
ordinary broadcast FM. For most cars, an ordinary telescoping
whip antenna from any auto parts store can do the job nicely.
Another poster here (a radio amateur) mentioned 30 inches; I
recall 31 or 32 (memory fails me). There are also antennas
pre-cut to resonate at the middle of the FM broadcast band; these
will be quite passable for AM as well. I've been seeing some
antennas lately that appear to be a fiberglass whip with a wire
snaked around it. That should be OK, too.

Ask the counterperson to take a look at your car and see what the
most appropriate standard antenna is. Having said this, I'll
acknowledge that there are a number of cars that require a more
unusual type for mounting reasons, and sometimes, this has got to
be obtained from the dealer, but this is really rare. Motorized
retracting antennas (like on my Sonata) may need particular
attention to matching because they need to have someplace to go
down into, and they have to fit that someplace.

Richard

Matthew Rebbert

Had the same thing happen to me. Looked on Ebay but with shipping they were
$20+. Called a Hyundai Dealer in MD (Bob Bell) and they told me it would be
$15.00. Needless to say I avoided the generic and went with original
equipment.

<steve.ravioli@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Any suggestions on where I can find a cheap replacement antenna.
> Somebody stole the antenna of my Accent. Im more shocked than upset...
> i mean how expensive can they be? well, i guess that's why im posting
> now. Is eBay the best shot or....
>

Richard Steinfeld

"Matthew Rebbert" <mrebbert@sbi-tech.com> wrote in message
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| Had the same thing happen to me. Looked on Ebay but with
shipping they were
| $20+. Called a Hyundai Dealer in MD (Bob Bell) and they told
me it would be
| $15.00. Needless to say I avoided the generic and went with
original
| equipment.
|

That makes perfect sense to me, too. This is like looking on eBay
for a Hershey bar. I would have automatically said to just go to
the nearby auto parts store for this. However, the Hyundai
antenna is probably a precise duplicate, whereas at the parts
store, you'd probably have gotten a more "universal" antenna.
Often the OE antenna will fasten more firmly to the car. Make
sure that the antenna is grounded to bright metal; if it's rusty,
roughen it up with an abrasive; I'd finish off with a dollop of
electronic contact cleaner for good lasting contact.

Understand that I'm talking "generically;" Hyundai may have their
own method of securing and connecting antennas that I'm not up on
yet.

Richard

screwtape iii

Richard Steinfeld wrote:

>
> "Matthew Rebbert" <mrebbert@sbi-tech.com> wrote in message
> news:176dnYfl4daV4bDfRVn-3w@comcast.com...
> > Had the same thing happen to me. Looked on Ebay but with
> shipping they were
> > $20+. Called a Hyundai Dealer in MD (Bob Bell) and they told
> me it would be
> > $15.00. Needless to say I avoided the generic and went with
> original
> > equipment.
> >
>
> That makes perfect sense to me, too. This is like looking on eBay
> for a Hershey bar. I would have automatically said to just go to
> the nearby auto parts store for this. However, the Hyundai
> antenna is probably a precise duplicate, whereas at the parts
> store, you'd probably have gotten a more "universal" antenna.
> Often the OE antenna will fasten more firmly to the car. Make
> sure that the antenna is grounded to bright metal; if it's rusty,
> roughen it up with an abrasive; I'd finish off with a dollop of
> electronic contact cleaner for good lasting contact.
>
> Understand that I'm talking "generically;" Hyundai may have their
> own method of securing and connecting antennas that I'm not up on
> yet.
>
> Richard

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...77&item=436371
9510&rd=1

Richard Steinfeld

"screwtape iii" <gfy@bkbusa.com> wrote in message
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| Richard Steinfeld wrote:
| | >
| > That makes perfect sense to me, too. This is like looking on
eBay
| > for a Hershey bar.
|
|
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...77&item=436371
| 9510&rd=1

Ha Ha!!!
And the seller got the bids that he deserved!

Richard