Dave Murphy wrote:
> My BJ8 has the radio antenna mounted on the low point of the right
> front aluminum shroud roughly 8 inches to 12 inches ahead of the
> windshield base.
> (My car is not with me as I write this, so all my dimensions are a
> guess.)
>
> Since I use a car cover I want the aerial to collapse (retract) into
> the shroud so that the car cover can lay flat. Unfortunately there is
> a shelf-like cross car beam below antenna hole (and above the
> passengers legs) that interupts full retraction. I have purchased
> manual retractable antennas from two different souces (of which I
> believe Moss was one source), but the retracted length (which I guess
> was 5 inches to 6 inches) below the mounting surface interferes with
> this shelf and prevent full retraction unless I angle the lowest part
> of the assembly aft of this cross-car beam. Then when extended the
> antenna points stupidly forward.
>
> I wonder if anyone has a source for a radio antenna that completely
> retracts into an extra short (3 inch?) length that would work in the
> location I described.
>
Sounds like you need an antenna that unscrews and not one that retracts.
Alan Schultz
HBJ8 (No radio, just the pleasant exhaust music)
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