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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1531.0. "AIR BAND RECEIVER IN A CAR !!!" by UKCSSE::BATTARBEE (JOHN BATTARBEE) Wed Aug 28 1991 19:03

    I want to be able to use my Airband receiver (AR900UK) in my car and so 
    I bought a cable and adapters from a local TANDY store that would take the
    O/P from the headphone socket of the radio and plug directly into the 
    "CD Walkman" input of the Compact Disc player. 
    
    I borrowed an external 'mag mount' aerial and found it works ok except for 
    an annoying clicking/clunking sound at a very regular beat (about 2 per 
    second).
    
    I eventually traced this to the cars anti theft system which apparently
    still seems active even when the car is being driven, or when idle and
    the alarm system is not activated. I cant find a quick way to disable
    and enable the anti-theft system (which isn't surprising !)
    
    Does anyone have similar problems or ideas to overcome it ? 
    
    BTW the car is a Vauxhall Carlton CDX.
    
    Thanks - John

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1531.1	Look at 1460	TRUCKS::SMART	Taste and try before you buy	`Mon Sep 02 1991 15:18`	2
	Have a look in note 1460 where someone else had aproblem with a 144MHz ham rig in a Calibre.
1531.2	Does it work well?	BAHTAT::NEWTON		`Thu Jun 03 1993 14:52`	7
	Hi, How did you get on? I have a PRO32A which I use from the rubber duck, but would like to set up properly. What type of mag mount ariel are you using? Is it a proper scanner one? Andy.