Spoon Sports Short "Stubby" Antenna
#22
I didn't lose any local station reception at all. I do live in the suburbs so signal strength is never really an issue. Even when I'm away from the city I still have no problems picking up stations so I think its just as good as the stock antenna.
The build quality is excellent. Its aluminum so its pretty strong. The finish is good and hasn't faded one bit. Like I said before I've had it 6 months and looks like the day I bought it.
The build quality is excellent. Its aluminum so its pretty strong. The finish is good and hasn't faded one bit. Like I said before I've had it 6 months and looks like the day I bought it.
Ordered and installed it. build quality is great and completely worth my 13 dollars. however, did you notice the rds no longer works?
#23
edit...make sure you didn't turn it off on the dash..
#24
my only minor complaint is that it doesnt work at ALL in parking garages. pretty minor complaint considering i saved a handful of money versus the agency one or spoon one. other than that, great buy for 13 dollars.
#26
If anyone can tell me what a "good" material is for best reception we can pop out any number of these "shorty" antennas where I work on an NC lathe...The spoon pictured in the original post is lacking a "cavity" which is why it doesn't sit flush (now that I've pulled mine off to see what's up with that). For the OP...put an "O" ring or something in there to fill the gap...
Aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel? Plated? Unplated? Give me something to work with and perhaps we can come up with something that looks good and has better than stock reception...or at the very least equal to stock in a shorter length...
I've tried doing some on line research for material...nothing "definitive" so far. So chime in with some ideas...
Aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel? Plated? Unplated? Give me something to work with and perhaps we can come up with something that looks good and has better than stock reception...or at the very least equal to stock in a shorter length...
I've tried doing some on line research for material...nothing "definitive" so far. So chime in with some ideas...
#27
The one I bought was made out of aluminum and was painted black. The reception is great, but not as good as stock. The signal is very sensative and somewhat jumpy. Imo, it's better than the spoon one. 60 bucks is too much for an antenna. When I drive I listen to my flash drive half the time and the other half is my radio. I'm assuming most of us use are radio not that much since we have the convenience of the usb adapter. I would highly recommend this antenna though anyday of the week.
#28
The one I bought was made out of aluminum and was painted black. The reception is great, but not as good as stock. The signal is very sensative and somewhat jumpy. Imo, it's better than the spoon one. 60 bucks is too much for an antenna. When I drive I listen to my flash drive half the time and the other half is my radio. I'm assuming most of us use are radio not that much since we have the convenience of the usb adapter. I would highly recommend this antenna though anyday of the week.
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