Car radios

[SteveOrdinetz]

Bill O'Neill wrote:

>Did this have anything to do with early-on interference with the on-board
>computer systems?  Seemed plausible that moving the antenna away from the 
>engine
>could help.

Could be...it seems that a lot of cars that still use external whip 
antennas have them mounted on a rear fender.  I also wonder if that's why 
many cars have the ECU in the passenger compartment (on mine it's behind 
the glove compartment)...this way the car body itself acts as a shield.