Aaron Hammett wrote:

>    You can't. It's at ground potential, and will shunt any signal to, you
> guessed it, ground. There used to be a few cars out (years ago) that used the
> hood or trunk lid as an antenna, but it was isolated by rubber bushings.
> Also, tuning a trunk lid for radio reception would prove interesting.
>
Hehe, You can use it a satelite dish!
Thanks all, I thought it was just a red herring.

Quentin