This is probably a question for Andy Vee but feel free to chip in if you have any wisdom!

 

I am working in a new area and my DAB coverage is hopeless. It is fine in tgher hire car that I use.

 

The root of this is the DAB antenna in the rear quarter light near side. I decided that I would go with a magenetic antenna for the time being. I have stripped back to the window edge unit that has the dab connection. I am now really confused because there are two Black Fakra plugs fixed together.

 

I have unpluged and still have everything except DAB. Why are there two and do I need to split them and keep one in and one going to my external DAB antenna?

 

Thanks

 

Garnett

Haven't a clue - can you post a picture? 

Has the magnetic antenna got a Fakra connector on it?

 

The reason there are 2 connectors is that one is for FM diversity. You should be able to see a locking key on the double Fakra connector - lever this out and you can pull the connectors out of the housing if you want to and then work out which one is DAB, I can't remember which one it is.

 

I got the best results by attaching the mag aerial to the other side of the amplifier - got a brilliant DAB signal then - remove the connector to the quarterlight and bodge something together there - be careful though as the solder on to the window on mine was pants and just fell off when you touched it!

Thanks Andy - tomorrows project!

Hi Andy - I followed your advice and connected on the window side. I managed to strip back a length of the black cable and solder the dab on at 90 degrees. I think it is better.

Would I get any better performance if I disconnected from the glass antenna or is that unnecessary?

Thanks

Garnett

On mine it performed better if disconnected from the glass when the mag antenna was connected