Antenna question

noquarterMember

I’m now in the process of restoring my Longchamp. When removing the rear bumper I found an antenna inside the bumper. I also have a vertical power antenna in the rear fender. I see in my brochures that later Longchamps (mine is 1978) don’t have antenna in the rear fender, so I assume it has the bumper antenna. But why do I have both? Anyone else has this?

And how do I optimize the sound quality? Should the 2 antennas be connected parallel or in series?

I was thinking about welding shot the fender antenna hole before painting it, I like the clean no-antenna look. But the antenna signal from the bumper antenna is not very good. Is that because it’s old, or because of the positioning? I remember vaguely from physics something about a Faraday’s Cage(?), and an antenna low to the ground, horizontal, and surrounded by steel doesn’t sound like a good idea.

Any views on this?

7/21/094:44 AM

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