radio arial gone

[Gazuk]

Looks like we had an encounter with a tree branch. Found the Ariel but it has snapped off.

Guess l'll had to replace the whole unit that sits on the roof, but does anyone have a temporary solution?

Got a 4 hour drive tomorrow and with no radio that will really test the marriage

 

[Gazuk]

I will at a minimum cover the hole with tape to stop rain getting in

 

[ontheroadagain]

Clean it up and stick it back in with a good quality epoxy glue?

Edit - don't put any glue on the metal end.

 

[The Wino]

Looks to me like it's been glued before!

 

[Vansflyer]

+1 on the glued before opinion.
I would clean it off and glue it again but only on the plastic part so some of the metal is in contact or at least close enough to induct some signal.
On the positive side a replacement is available as it is a quality Hirschman aerial. Look at the roof directly underneath where the aerial is and you will see a cut in the roof 'carpet", pull it back and it will expose the nut holding the aerial in place. The connections (likely to be two as FM and DAB combined) are a bugger to get to as taped down on top of the internal roof trim that goes over the cupboards and holds the lights. Small fingers required but it is doable and you don't have to replace the whole cable run.
Before ordering a new one I would look at the broken unit carefully as some are a screw in "whip" so that may give you another option if bottom part of the whip is removable.
From memory the part number for the aerial is on a label attached to the leads coming off the aerial, obviously where it is taped down so hard to find. Our van had a DAB / Fm aerial fitted but not a DAB headunit.... The tight Carthago buggers hadn't run the DAB extension cable in either so it was a job for me, hence I know about the part numbers etc.
The aerial unit is something like this but this link is for example only, you need the part number off the lead for the exact one.

https://www.mouser.co.uk/new/te-connectivity/te-hirschmann-rda-015-1450-rd-s-antennas/

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[Spriddler]

In days past when we all had Minis it was a common fix to jam a wire coat hanger into the fitting but maybe that won't work with today's hi-tech stuff.

 

[Gazuk]

Thanks for the advice all. Have tried to glue it (went out and got some epoxy glue). not sure it was going to stay in place so wrapped in in gorilla tap.

On the plus side. just found out our pioneer unit has a CD play, so all is not lost.

 

[h1ghway1]

I use my phone to connect to BBC sounds and feed it through radio aux port