RE: [Chrysler300] 300 antenna and side mirrors

["C Bilter" <cbilter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Rich & all:

 

The ?64 power antenna is the same as the ?63 and it is extendable to any
desired length within its range.  Reception on AM is fine even with the long
lead-in cable and the antenna properly ?trimmed.?  Of course, in ?63 we
could only get the AM radio (except on the NY?er Salon).

 

You got me shaking the cobwebs loose as I remember some antenna theory from
my engineering studies a few decades ago.  The car antenna is basically a ¼
wavelength monopole FM antenna that when mounted vertically provides
omnidirectional reception for AM and FM.  For AM, it really doesn?t matter;
the antenna can lay in any direction as it?s a really a small fraction of
the long wavelengths of the low frequency AM signals.  For FM, the vertical
orientation provides omnidirectional reception.  31? is a compromise that,
in practice, works relatively well across the FM band.  The lower frequency
channels (say 88 to 92 MHz) would require a longer antenna and the higher
frequency channels a shorter antenna.  You would likely not notice much
difference between 26? and 33?, or even a longer length.  If the antenna
extended high enough (not likely), you would in effect have a half-wave
antenna for FM at around 58? of length which would actually afford somewhat
better reception (in theory). 

 

Carl Bilter

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Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:04 AM
To: 'Don Warnaar'; crossramjoe@xxxxxxxxx; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
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Subject: [Chrysler300] 300 antenna and side mirrors

 

  

The 1964 Chrysler options list shows code 371 Power Antenna available for
"All exc. Wag. & AM-FM". I'm told this is due to the power antenna's fully
extended length being improper for FM reception. The power antenna on my
'64K convertible is non-op right now, but I'd guess it's fully-extended
length to be near the 48" of the antenna for the AM radio on my '55 C-300.
The fixed length antennas on my '86 Chrysler T&C convertible, '93 Jeep
Renegade and '05 Dodge Durango are all 31"-apparently an optimum length for
FM reception. A little Googling confirms this with the optimum antenna
length varying from 26" to 33", depending on the station's transmitting
frequency. I have not yet determined whether the power antenna on my '64
can be extended to any desired length with the switch. The thought does
come to me that the long cable extension from the rear of the car may have
caused some signal loss problems with the AM-FM radio-power antenna
combination.

My '64K and '55 came to me with outside rear-view mirrors on both sides. I
removed both mirrors from the '55 (they were mounted on the cowl) and added
a clamp-on mirror for safety and convenience. I miss the outside RH mirror,
but it was near-useless at its cowl mounting. I'm going to keep the outside
rear-view mirror on the K for safety, convenience and symmetry reasons
although I expect its usefulness will be minimal.

C-300-K-ly, over and out

Rich Barber, Student

Brentwood, CA

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Subject: [Chrysler300] 300L antenna and side mirrors

Gil and all,

The factory listing of 1965 Chrysler Accessories has no listing for a right
side mirror for any model. The left manual mirror was standard on the New
Yorker and available on all others. The left remote mirror was available on
all.

The manual antenna was on the right front fender. The power antenna was on
the right rear quarter.

For those interested in trivia, the booklet that came with the 300L stated
that with the AM/FM radio the antenna mast should be extended 31" for
maximum reception.

Don Warnaar

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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] 300 G antenna and side mirrors

Joe and All:
Passenger side mirrors were not available from the factory from 1960 thru 
1964. Any would have to have been added later by either the dealer or a 
previous owner. Quite sure they were also not available in 1965 either----at

least my info indicates that.
As several have mentioned, starting with the 300F, the power antenna was 
mounted on the right rear quarter and the manual antenna on the right front 
fender.
300ly, Gil Cunningham

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