electric antenna

[calais_sette]

is there a way on the f900bt, to control the electric antenna to only go up 50% or so instead of the hideous look all the way up in the sky!

 

 

thanks

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[1loudls]

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how would this keep a power antenna at 50% height?

 

 

 

power antennas have three wires (most of them) a constant power wire, a ground wire, and a acc wire (trigger wire)

 

when the antenna receives power on the acc wire, it then uses power from the constant wire to raise the antenna to its top position. then when the acc signal stops being received, the antenna uses power from the constant wire to lower the antenna to its resting position. so there is no way that the AVIC itself can make the antenna not go all the way up as the power ant wire is either on or off,

 

it would take a turn on wire that is pulsing at the right freq to keep the ant where you would want it, but then the motor would constantly be moving a little bit 100% of the time (that the car was on, or the the radio was being used depending on your settings) which would burn out the motor in no time.

 

you may be able to take the antenna apart and modify it so that its top limit is where you want it to be. but that would be no easy task, not to mention that a power ant not being up all the way would sacrifice signal quality, and FM all ready has enough problems to deal with. i would say if the antenna being up all the time bugs you that much, then it is time to get satellite radio and never have to have the antenna up ever