22-02-2016, 03:15 PM
(21-02-2016, 08:08 PM)Paul_RK Wrote: ... The telescopic aerial on a MW/LW radio could be poked through an open window to give some sort of reception when the radio was in a car ...
MW/LW radios with telescopic aerials? A few examples which also included SW coverage, maybe but, in general, they would have had to be VHF receivers and, even then, the whip only worked on FM, so not much use on MW/LW ...!
(21-02-2016, 08:08 PM)Paul_RK Wrote: ... while some cars ... were fitted with a telescopic aerial connected to a flying lead ...
Are you sure that you are not getting confused with the telescopic aerials you could buy that had a mounting clip that fitted over the top of the door window, together with a cable and plug ...?
I never saw a car with a permanent aerial but no radio, unless the radio had been nicked, of course!
