What antenna with daymaker

[WaterBoy]

Anybody know what antenna may work slightly better with a daymaker headlight? I had hidden antenna first and worked great until I put daymaker in and it went to crap, I tried extending wires and moved hidden antenna under the seat and didn't work well either.
Last I tried a real short antenna and I get one station with it.
Was going to try to use stock see if it would work better but I can't find it anywhere.

Anyone have any suggestions? I hate losing the day maker because I bought it for safety seeing better at night.
Thanks

 

[JMeadows]

This one would probably work. Maybe someone on the forum has tried this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks7NoK0A1GA

 

[Scott14SG]

This one would probably work. Maybe someone on the forum has tried this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks7NoK0A1GA

I've done that, works just fine.

 

[WaterBoy]

That's what I was thinking of trying, just have to find where I put that, thanks

 

[Iron Horse]

Anybody know what antenna may work slightly better with a daymaker headlight? I had hidden antenna first and worked great until I put daymaker in and it went to crap, I tried extending wires and moved hidden antenna under the seat and didn't work well either.
Last I tried a real short antenna and I get one station with it.
Was going to try to use stock see if it would work better but I can't find it anywhere.

Anyone have any suggestions? I hate losing the day maker because I bought it for safety seeing better at night.
Thanks

I have the same set up, DayMaker and HD amplified Hidden Antenna under the fairing. The antenna ends are routed above the guage's. With this set up, my reception used to get static while in town passing under electrical wires to include when I hit rough road surfaces. To my surprise, while installing Yaffe bars, I noticed the antenna wire connection behind the radio (HU) moved easily. I stabilized it with small wire ties to nearby wires right up to the metal connection at the HU. IT WORKS PERFECTLY NOW. NO MORE STATIC.


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[14POSE]

I just did a little work and rerouted mine between the fender and under the seat. Works just fine and only cost me about 20 mins and the money for the plug to fill the hole in the fender.

 

[WaterBoy]

I tried reroute have mine different ways in fairing, even moved to under my seat and still couldn't get any good signal. It used to work great till the headlight

 

[WaterBoy]

Did use the stock antenna and it works very well through the frame, glad to have my radio back, was disappointed that the headlight caused all this issue, but it's a lot safer with the extra light

 

[14POSE]

For the record, there is another video with an older guy that has a black Street Glide. I bent my bracket like he did, however, I ran it a little differently. I used zip ties to secure it to the antenna cable and clips to ensue enough travel in shocks with a passenger and that it would not move. Been working fine for a few months now.

 

[Aviator5456]

This one would probably work. Maybe someone on the forum has tried this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks7NoK0A1GA

I did that. Performance was mediocre. I've since installed a 'stubby' antenna. My reception is much better and I don't have to worry about my tour-pak.

 

[RuknRole]

Dumb question; why does the LED headlight interfere with radio reception?

 

[WaterBoy]

I was told it was something to do with ballast or something in the led bulb, and it's only a problem if you have the hidden antenna, my shorty antenna I was using must been to short.
Now I got the stock one in the frame and its hidden and works great.
I will also say I'm still happy with the light, much safer, much brighter and light goes out to sides so I can see in the ditch lines for the deer to pop out

 

[danoday]

Dumb question; why does the LED headlight interfere with radio reception?

As defined by someone other than me, but understandable.

Some LED lighting products have been reported to emit noise, interfering with FM radio and DAB signals. While the Light Emitting Diodes themselves do not generate any detectable noise, the switching power circuitry driving the LEDs operate at high frequencies, which, when not properly filtered can result in electromagnetic interference.
Based on the reported experiences of some LED users, interference issues and, occasionally EMC violation, can arise as a result of radiated emissions in the 30MHz to 300MHz range by some LED products. The LED lights most commonly involved are of fixture type MR16 (more correctly GU5.3), however radiated emissions have also been observed in other fixture types including GU10, E27 and B22 designs. In the case of MR16 lights, the radiated noise signals would most likely be the result of the electronic transformers driving them rather than the lights themselves.
Electronic transformers are switched mode power supplies that switch the forward current on and off at high frequencies to minimize power dissipation. When these higher frequencies are not properly filtered, it can result in RFI emission. Signals most likely to suffer as a result of radiated noise include FM radio (broadcast band 87.5 to 108.0 MHz) and DAB radio (broadcast band 174 to 230 MHz).