Yes, by manually cutting the remote power (blue wire) going to the antenna, you can manually control the antenna. I was planing on doing this exact same procedure by using another rear-defogger switch in place of one of the dummy switches. Soooooooo, does anyone have one from a parts car they would like to sell? Jim Reeve #6960 AIM - Ultra2169 > Will a on/off switch make the antenna stay down if the radio is "on" and > then if I decide to listen to the radio, will flipping the switch to > "on" make the antenna go up? > > Tom > #005732 MT