> The late 60s/70s brought along ignorant antenna designs, like the
> windshield-integrated dipole and the 45-degree swept-back dipole. Now
> we've got even more ignorant designs like the 45 degree stubby on the
> roof of cars (06 or newer Hyundai Santa Fe is a good example of this
> mistake), or oddball angled foil designs in/on window glass (01-05
> Hyundai Santa Fe is a good example of this). Absolutely worthless for
> any linear polarization.
Marketing always trumps engineering. Form wins out over function. You
gotta be able to sell it.
My memory is failing me, but I think it was Volvo that was putting two
embedded-in-glass antennas with diversity-receive radios in their cars a few
years ago (this was FM obviously). I heard that they worked extremely well.
Can anyone confirm?
--- Jeff
