Archive for March 20th, 2007

DX engineering HotRodz Capacity Hat: sacrifice looks, mpg and a $$$ for a few dB

DX Engineering HotRodz, First Impressions
A package arrived yesterday afternoon from DX-Engineering containing:

DXEngineering Hot Rodz
Hustler Safety Spring
DXE-MM-1 dual impedance antenna auto/transformer
A DX Engineering Hat

Of course, the first problem was answering the XYL’s question “You bought another antenna for the car?”.
“It’s not really another antenna… it’s a replacement for the whip on top.”
“Looks like an antenna to [...]