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<blockquote data-quote="installerblizz" data-source="post: 8107374" data-attributes="member: 654630"><p>I drive a 2007 Accord that has the radio antenna embedded in the rear glass. My deck is a Pioneer 880PRS. I had horrible reception even with power going to the stock antenna booster. I read about the universal window mounted antennas but people were saying that nothing beats a good old mast antenna. Not wanting to drill holes in the body of my car, I tried to find one with a magnetic base without luck. I decided to build one. It looks a little rough now, but I'm going to paint it eventually. It's basically 31" of coat hanger straightened out and stuck in and soldered into a 20 lb pull magnet from a hardware store. I used TV coax cable to make the connection, and the shield is grounded at the antenna plug on the deck and at a bolt that helps hold the front quarter panel on. The 880 shows signal strength on a scale of 0 to 4. I couldn't pick up half the stations in my town with the factory antenna, but now every one of them is a 4! It's unreal. Anyway, thought I'd share it with you guys. If you wanted to spend more than $3 like I did, you could get a mast antenna from a junk yard instead instead of a coat hanger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="installerblizz, post: 8107374, member: 654630"] I drive a 2007 Accord that has the radio antenna embedded in the rear glass. My deck is a Pioneer 880PRS. I had horrible reception even with power going to the stock antenna booster. I read about the universal window mounted antennas but people were saying that nothing beats a good old mast antenna. Not wanting to drill holes in the body of my car, I tried to find one with a magnetic base without luck. I decided to build one. It looks a little rough now, but I'm going to paint it eventually. It's basically 31" of coat hanger straightened out and stuck in and soldered into a 20 lb pull magnet from a hardware store. I used TV coax cable to make the connection, and the shield is grounded at the antenna plug on the deck and at a bolt that helps hold the front quarter panel on. The 880 shows signal strength on a scale of 0 to 4. I couldn't pick up half the stations in my town with the factory antenna, but now every one of them is a 4! It's unreal. Anyway, thought I'd share it with you guys. If you wanted to spend more than $3 like I did, you could get a mast antenna from a junk yard instead instead of a coat hanger. [/QUOTE]
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