[DML] Antennas

As a matter of a little antenna history....My work before I retired was in communications along electronic and computer lines. I have hadall types of configurations in my cars over the years. I had one in a newChev slung under the running boards encased in rubber! IT worked on local stations. Then I had them embedded in the windshield in some cars. NOTHING ever was as efficient as an exterior "whip": of some sort and usually the longer the better...with FM, length is of some importance, but AM doesn't matter so much. Basically, for receiving, the more wire in the air the better. The earlier D's tried to eliminate external stuffon the car apparently by building it into the windshield....for those days, itwas NOT a good idea, hence the switch to the various configuration of vertical whips. My D is an 81 of October build date and has the left rear whipthat retracts out of site or extends when you turn the radio on. I have had three Lincoln Continentals lately that all have both the AM and FM antennas built into the glass. Back to the olden days...however with modern electronic technology, these are tops and I could ask for nothing better.