The installation of mobile transceiver systems, which need external reception devices, is why some trucks have extra-long antennas on the roof.

The EZConnect platform’s built-in flexibility reduces the number of antenna SKUs to choose from, enabling channel partners to stock EZConnect antennas more easily.

As a quick, yet intense storm rolled through New Jersey Friday afternoon, a bolt of lightning struck an antenna on the roof of a Union County high school and triggered fire alarms, authorities said.

The Aptiv self-driving BMW on the Lyft platform features two GPS sensors and a dedicated short-range communications antenna on the roof of the vehicle. (Mick Akers/Las Vegas Review-Journal) ...