I guess I have a few next steps then.  I'll pull the radio and totally
disconnect it.  I'll also pull the front wheel and have a look see at
the antenna.  I was always curious what was up with it.  It makes no
attempt to move whatsoever, nor do I ever feel any resistence when I
manually manipulate it so I figured it must have blown a fuse
somewhere..

One other question, if I may....  My 944 has a buzzer that sounds
whenever the driver door is open.  Is this normal?  I could understand
if I left the key in the ignition but this buzzer sounds for no reason
other than the driver door is open.  Seems odd.

Thanks again for keeping me on track!

Cheers!

0.1 ampere times 12 volts times 24 hours equals 28 watt hours.  Your
battery is probably a 60 ampere hour battery or about 720 watt hours.
You have a problem.

You also have wire going to the radio which is always hot.  It may not
have a fuse.  It is to keep the data in memory when you shut off the
main radio switch. It could be grounded.

You can take the front wheel off and get to the power antenna to check
for current leakage.
It probably has a fuse in line somewhere. Mine does.

Not sure if the radio is original -- it's a Blaupunkt -- but in any
event it did lose power when I disconnected the appropriate fuse (#7)
so I guess its safe to assume that it is not the problem.  I had
checked with a local audio dealer and he didn't seem to feel that
drawing .1 amps was a problem.

My extending antenna, however, has never worked.  I manually lower and
extend it as need be.  I also don't recall seeing a fuse for it.  Is it
wired differently?  Maybe this is the culprit!

I also noticed that the positive battery connection has several smaller
wires attached to it in additon to the one thicker starter wire.  Does
anyone know what these are for and if they bypass the fuse panel?

Thanks for the great advice so far!

Cheers!

I have had similiar problem with the self extending antenna on other
cars.  Internal switch goes bad.

have you removed the radio from the car?  do that and measure again - radio
may be connected without fuse - it's not original is it?

My concern is that even with ALL the fuses removed I was still showing
a current drain.  I had thought that it would be about nill.  Am I
correct or does this mean I have other problems like a bad relay
somewhere????

Thx!

Bill is right.  You have something, probably the radio,  drawing too
much current.
You will need to hunt it down.

aaah, delet the "h" at the end, you meant 100mA - that's a tenth of an amp,
which is high - if you have a radio, remove it and measure again, the clock
doesn't draw that much current.  My guess is a defective radio or defective
alarm (if you have an after market alarm) - typically a leaky capacitor

100mAh

Exactly what was the current drain from the "clock/radio" in
milliamperes?

Greetings!

The (new) battery on my '83 944 will go dead over the period of a few
days if left unattended.  Not sure if it is related, but at night when
I drive with the headlites on I also noticed that the alternator idiot
lite will lite very, very dimly.

I hooked a meter up between the negative battery cable and ground and
starting pulling fuses but none of them had a significant effect on my
current draw --I only noticed a slight decrease when I pulled the fuse
for the clock / radio.

Has anyone had a similar problem?  Any suggestions on what to check or
do next?  Any feedback would be appreciated.

Cheers!