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The Volvo antenna rocker switch is hard to find at a reasonable price. Good luck. I cruised eBay and finally gave up. Never saw one in a boneyard.
The antenna goes up when both of the wires to it are "hot". One is "hot" all the time, same fuse as the courtesy lights. The other gets "hot" when the radio is turned on.
All you have to do is put the switch in one of the wires. Here's what I had planned:
Pull the radio head unit or otherwise find the wire from the 9-pin plug that's going to the antenna. It should be a red conductor.
OR, find the other wire to the rear - in my 1988 240 diagram it is green and comes from fuse #8.
Cut the wire and install a pair of fully insulated spade connectors, male and female - that way you can re-connect them and pull the hard-to-find antenna rocker switch for use in your next brick.
Use a pair of wires with their own connectors installed, run from the switch to the connectors you just installed. Which side goes to which switch terminal make no difference.
So by clicking the switch to "Off", one side of the needed two sides is not complete, and the antenna will remain down, or go down if it was up.
Hope this helps.
Bob
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