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5K views 35 replies 21 participants last post by  Kennedy9968 
#1 ·
My first mod was a redrock short black antenna. looks great but reception seems lacking.

is this normal?

Thanks!
 
#6 ·
It all depends on how far the station signals are coming from, geography, etc.. I find the closer you live to a major city OR the closer to the station, the better the signal. With stock, I could get NYC stations (talk radio) that I sometimes have trouble with from my AntennaX 13" (a couple of hours NW of the city). Also, the crappier the weather, the harder it is for me to pick them up. I will happily give up a small amount of reception though for the better looking antenna.
 
#11 ·
I live out in the sticks, and put a ton of miles on.
I'll make sure I have it screwed all the way down and check again. When i used the seek button it didn't catch much.
I'm glad it was only $16.
 
#14 ·
I went with the 24" CB stubby Antenna X. No signal issues and looks awesome!
 
#15 ·
It really does depend on geography and topography, but we have a lot of people running those RedRock 4x4 Off-Road 13 in. Short Antennas with great results!

If anyone is interested in picking one up, has any questions or would like a quote, just shoot me a PM!

-Ryan
 
#18 ·
I will say that I tried plasti-dipping then line-x on my stock antenna and neither one worked. Our trails are really poorly maintained and there is a lot of brush that will catch the antenna. The plasti-dip came off really quick. I tried the spray on truck bed liner. It came off almost as fast and left black marks all over my windshield frame from knocking against it. I went with a 13" stubby and the reception isn't great but it doesn't leave black marks on my Jeep at least.
 
#19 ·
I just popped the little ball off the stock antenna, cut the antenna down to 14", ground the tip and glued the little ball back on, rustoleum painted it, and put it back on. Is the reception worse than stock, of course, pretty much all shorter antennas will have worse reception. Did it cost me any money, pennies.
 
#29 ·
As far as I know there is a separate antenna in the dash somewhere. I think it under the tray. My satellite works perfect as if nothing was changed.
 
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