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Default Car radio antenna has an inline .85mfd capacitor, why?

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:35:39 -0700, "Jerry G." wrote:

On the windscreen, in the winter dry snow will be brushing against the
windscreen, and in the summer during a rain storm the windscreen can
act in a way they could build up some DC static type voltages. The
cap will block this effect. The cap basicaly acts as a protection
against any DC from going in to the radio's front end.


Jerry G.


Why not stick that cap inside the radio?

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Boris