# Radio antennas in the windshield

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 9, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-antennas-in-the-windshield/7149 "2000-02-09T16:58:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-antennas-in-the-windshield/7149/21 "2000-02-14T00:47:00Z")

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**Aerials**? I haven’t heard that term in a _long_ time.

I was gonna ask why defrost elements were never put into the front windshield. They work so well in the rear at melting even a thick layer of ice. And if the answer is that they would be so much more expensive, then why are they still on the rear windshield? Why not just pipe some hot air back there?

For those of you who are having trouble with your power antennae, give it a spray of WD-40 two or three times a year. It’ll be virtually freeze-proof & go up & down smo-o-o-o-o-th. Wipe off any that dribbles onto the body with a paper towel.

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Recent polls revealed that some people have never been polled, until recently.

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