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Old 28th Aug 2019, 5:51 pm   #43
Graham G3ZVT
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Default Re: My first mobile phone (1992)

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Originally Posted by Biggles View Post
I was never very keen on glass mount antennas, which relied on capacitive coupling to transfer the signal. Not easy to fit with heated rear screens.
A guy came to our office and fitted car kits to all the company Vectras.
He did a neat job, but the performance was dire, and removing the phone from the car-kit and using it hand-held was far better.
I unscrewed the f-type connector from the cable at the antenna end and saw why, he had twisted the braid and inner together. He had done that on the kit end as well, and of course done likewise on each car.
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