Stubby antenna = Radio always acquiring?

[HSDMORGAN]

Just after getting my new 2012 screw I installed the cravens speed stubby antenna. Just recently I've noticed that the radio goes from sounding very crisp to kinda muffled & it shows it acquiring on and off constantly. Now I can't find my stock antenna to do a comparison. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Big Green Machine]

Yeap. I kept it on there since I like how it looks and I usually listen to either my own music or Satellite but I have been less than impressed with the reception.

I am still amazed when I read these posts of people saying it gets great reception. That is not my experience.

~BGM

 

[whtrapta]

I have the bullet and the reception is bad, but I listen to my ipod or sirius.

 

[dataustin]

I get good reception on my stubby....

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

theres a reason for that.... too much to type again........if anyone knows where it ended up maybe they can post a link, otherwise i will search for it later

 

[Prybar]

I'm still in the group that gets great reception with the Stubby.....lucky I guess.

 

[MotuMute]

Great in town... Bad on road trips. BYO Tunes! Sirius helps

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

it has to do with the height of the antenna and the ground plane. a standard vehicle antenna is 31 inches because it is 1/4 of a wavelength.when you go to a smaller antenna it has to be in certain heights to maintain the wavelength/height ratio. also if the antenna is too short your ground plane is off and will cause signl loss

 

[BOJANGLES]

I'm still in the group that gets great reception with the Stubby.....lucky I guess.

Me too

 

[HSDMORGAN]

I heard you can take a stock antenna and cut it down & it will work just as good. How much you can cut it down I don't really know. As soon as I find my stock antenna I will do a test and clip it down a little at a time. I will post the results later.