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Originally Posted by vonsazkin
Yeah. Just wondering why they could not put the radio antenna along with the nav fin. I guess it would either make the fin larger (doubt that - it would be a small chip/antenna) or they wanted to keep it a bit retro.
I think the radio antenna is along with the sat nav fin in the 3/5/7/etc series.
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I would think a radio antenna works differently to a GPS receiver, I seem to recall that you get better reception with a longer aerial. Many manufacturers took to putting them in the A-pillar, but I think you still get some interference from the bodywork.
BMW have probably taken this approach because it potentially gives the best radio reception. Once everything goes digital then i'm sure we'll see these being truly historic.