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Re: SatNav antenna



> Is there such a thing as a "re-radiating antenna" for an
in-car
> satnav??

Yes

> Since I changed my car a couple of months ago, my Navman jacket is
> hopeless at getting a satellite lock, and I think it is because I
> have a heated front windscreen, and the fine matrix of zigzag wires
> in the glass must be scattering the signal.... (or something...)

Yup... My Escort Cabrio has a heated front screen and also suffers from
this... My solution (short of ordering the re-radiating antenna) was to
move
it over to the drivers side where there was a clear bit of screen without
the heated elements.



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