Double-din radio housing for center dash and dash speaker blanks

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I hadn't realized it was all plastic. I'm still learning about this vehicle. And learning about antennas. Perhaps it would be possible to put a few wires in the hood to make a sort of ground plane, to connect to the base of the antenna. But obviously this isn't a simple matter, probably why they decided to skip it.

If in the glass works as well, how bout put it in the front windshield? Like a whip on front fender, that also voids differences for different bed/shell/whatever configuration.

I think Slate skipped it because they expect most owners to stream music/radio from their smartphone via the cellular radio network rather than the traditional analog AM/FM and digital radio frequencies.

 

[bloo]

How the rear glass works at all is something that hasn't been on the early prototypes we've seen. The mechanism that it is attached with was also just temporary non final parts in those prototypes.
We used to see wire antennas embedded in windshields, not sure where those went, but it does seem that those and rear window defroster antennas could be at least matched with an antenna hidden under a roof or other panel.
On the other hand, with plastic panels, it would be easy to add a no ground plane whip.

There are a few ways to make a ground plane...

- aluminum speed tape on the back side of the fender
- spray-on conductive paint on the back side of the fender
- braided strap from antenna ground to Slate frame

In each case youll need some sort of backing plate under the fender directly below the base. Otherwise, torque from the antenna might crack the plastic fender.