why did older cars have such long antennae when newer cars either don’t have one at all or a tiny nub?
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I don’t remember that FM made effective antennas shorter. CAVEAT: i grew up in rural SE Arkansas, where you basically needed a big antenna to pick up anything other than AM broadcasts. Using smaller antennas for FM would explain the antennas embedded into windshields in the ’70s. We all hated them because they sucked.
My ’71 Alfa Romeo Spider got a dealer-installed AM/FM radio (I think it was a Blaupunkt but don’t quote me on that.) It still has the antenna the dealer installed. F’er is no kidding at least 7 feet long when fully extended. I can almost drive under most toll gates, but when I extend that antenna it’ll whack “Max Height” bars in parking garages with low ceilings.
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