Hey all, i know some of you may be interested .. well i have had three different universal fit stubbys already .. one was stolen, one was broken and the last one fell apart. well anyway i found a pretty sweet deal.
Billet Shorty Shortie Radio Antenna Ford Ranger: eBay Motors (item 250516861228 end time Aug-15-10 12:48:01 PDT)

they guy is pretty cool, fast shipping and best of all one solid chunk of aluminum! no adapters or anything ..

 

Any difference in reception?

 

I thought about giving it a shot, but he doesn't have any black in stock.

 

I'm also wondering about reception... I had a 9" one on my Mustang and it wasn't too great.

What does he say to use to tighten it on? The one I had just had a chunk of hose to slide over and use some pliers or channel locks to tighten on.

 

I want the black one but it says there's none in-stock. Guess I'll have to wait...

 

well honestly i have no idea for reception, but i will test it out today.. i couldnt tell you the last time i actually listened to the radio.. as for tightening it i just put a drop of loctite on it and tightened it by hand.

 

I have 13 inch billet i bought awhile back. Its reception sucked compared to the stocker.

 

welp went on a lil road trip today and tried the ol fm tuner.. in delaware i really didnt pick up much other then country, so i honestly couldnt stand to listen to see how it was. However after i got into PA i picked up most of the normal channels and they stayed tuned in pretty well.. so i dont think its that bad, that being said i went back to my ipod interface on the way home.

 

I have the black stocker. Never had any problems.

 

I have one on mine..... its aluminum but I live so far out in the boonys that it screws my reception way up!

 

Nice! Might have to get one..

 

looks good, hopefully they'll get some black ones in stock soon

 

 

 

i swear those aluminum ones look just like the stock antennas on the srt4 neons....hmmmm
that being said they should get decent reception

 

Is anyone aware of another seller on eBay or some online retailer that sells these antennas? I emailed the seller on eBay and was told they it could take 2 - 3 months

 

The look is there but being an Amateur Radio Operator I don’t think the reception will be at the level of quality I would want.

The BLK OEM Units are nice, look good and are designed to work the way they should in the frequency range of the HD/AM/FM Broadcasts, works for me.

 

if you got one of these and are worried about reception, you could look into an antenna signal booster/amplifier.

 

Prob w/booster/amp is white noise (background noise) being increase too.

 

I got mine at Autozone where I work. Its made by Pilot. Im not sure if every store will have them but Ill try and get a part number for you guys.

 

dgaf reception this should be a anti-theft mod, just like relocating your hood release cable.