Replacement Antenna

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Roy wrote: Hi Yakuza
Do you have the item number for the ariel you got from ebay.
Cheers

similar to this one, bought it last year from here: www.ebay.com/usr/rfsuppliers?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2754

It has a extension plugged in look somewhere behind the odb port

If you get no reception at all, then it is unlikely to be the antenna itself. Replacing the antenna may well fix it if you end up bypassing some issue with a connector, but I would definitely check for the extension and the connector fit in the back of the radio first before changing the antenna. Much easier!!

If you do add a roof antenna with a built-in amp, check how that amp is powered, and whether it still works if you do not power it. I have this one on my roof that I power from the head unit over phantom power back up the antenna, but you won't have that on the standard Jimny radio (I think I am safe in assuming!!)...

You can power it from the separate 12V feed you can see in Yakuza's ebay link, but I assume he has a different head unit or has given it 12V?

Amusingly, the CB antenna next to it swamps the signal when you press transmit, so I get an auto-mute when using the CB - neat

Nick

FINALLY got my car back from the garrage where they have been fixing the rust, checked the connector and its solid. Pulled it apart and connected the stereo direct to the antenna bypassing the extension and same issue.

Popped the antenna on the roof to have a look to see if its become disconnected up top and nope, all looking fine.

Nick, you mention powered antenna, and the same is linked by Yakuza, the stock antenna isnt powered from what I can see, and since I am using an aftermarket stereo, I wonder if this could be my issue.

The aerial is only sticking out about 2 inches, just double checking some pics and it should come out much further.... it doesnt want to come out. Will give it some encouragement and see if its maybe broken inside there and the last owner just stubbied it up and hid the fact its busted.

So pulled it out and I now get BBC stations (and classical) are clear. But I dont get anything else.

This is the very discreet DAB aerial in my neighbours Jimny. It's for a DAB radio and works very, very well - she still gets FM but I don't know if the original mast is redundant or not.
She got the Halfords lot to fit a new radio in, which included the windscreen aerial; to be fair they did a very neat job

Chris have you got a good, solid earth on your aerial?