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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 11:50 PM
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Is there a whole drilled in the glass to hold that cell antenna mount?

If so whats a back window cost?
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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 11:56 PM
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Nope....No hole. Just grab a good hold of it and rip it off. Both sides of course. It just transmits through the glass.
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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 11:56 PM
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No hole in the glass. Electrically, a glass mounted antenna works like a capacitor: two conductors separated by an insulator (the glass)
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Old Jun 5, 2005 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by randman1
No hole in the glass. Electrically, a glass mounted antenna works like a capacitor: two conductors separated by an insulator (the glass)

Fiber Optics :?:


Not quite an insulator lol
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Glass is an excellent electrical insualtor.
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by randman1
Glass is an excellent electrical insualtor.

So if it was an insulator how would current flow?
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 12:19 AM
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That'* the idea. It'* not suposed to conduct.

Without getting too technical, because RF transmissions are a sine wave, the signal passes through the glass because of the capacitor-like properties of the antenna.



This is a very basic and typical schematic of an antenna found through a Google search. C1 is a capacitor on the antenna input. This is essentially your window.
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Originally Posted by randman1
That'* the idea. It'* not suposed to conduct.

Without getting too technical, because RF transmissions are a sine wave, the signal passes through the glass because of the capacitor-like properties of the antenna.



This is a very basic and typical schematic of an antenna found through a Google search. C1 is a capacitor on the antenna input. This is essentially your window.

Alright. I will quit arguing.
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Electronics are fun.
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Old Jun 6, 2005 | 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by randman1
Electronics are fun.
yeah like I remember a lot from that digital electronics course in college
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