what's with all these power antenna's and drawing current after shutoff... is it a flaw with the radio or a problem with the board in the antenna? I've rebuilt several antennas (antennae?) never had an issue with battery drain. never really checked truthfully, but none of my batteries go dead when parked for long...

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My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

maybe it has to do with the aftermarket head units not telling the antenna to go down.

When you shut the key off of the stock system, the antenna goes down, so in theory, you set up the aftermarket head unit to do the same, but I bet it has to do with the fact that the aftermarket headunit never stops sending voltage.

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg