jayhawkokie

I'm sick of my antenna hitting the garage dooe frame every time I drive in the garage,,can I cut a couple inches off the antenna? I've found shorter antennas on Ebay, since I live in a rural area with poor reception I don't want to lower the reception on my antenna. Thanks for any suggestions.

ptmccain

Same issue here, and I tried replacing it with a short antenna, the wind noise it generated was too irritating, so back to the full length one I went.

switner

You can cut the stock one with little to no loss of reception. Do a search and you'll see a lot more responses.

Dr Beardface

Stubby Antenna on Amazon. Reception is still good in my area.

switner

https://www.f150forum.com/f38/do-they-make-shorter-antenna-parking-garage-150179/

This has some pretty good responses. You can also just search google and look at other forums. If you cut it and the reception is bad, you can probably find a replacement for cheap at a salvage yard.

ProBro

I bought the 21" Shorty from AntennaX.com, but may not use it. It has basically no flex at all. I'm afraid that if I hit something with it that its going to damage the truck. If I can find a spring-loaded base of some kind to mount it in... I'll reconsider. The package even warns to remove before going through a carwash.

switner

Love the clean look of the stubby antenna, but if you go that route, I would make sure it's easily returnable because of all the mixed reviews. I think it really depends on your area.

MAGNJ

It might be a pain with the "super tough military grade" aluminum, or cost you $ with a radio shop depending on your skill, but I always thought power antennas made more sense than not.

jayhawkokie

I found this one on Ebay it's a 24" CB AM FM antenna, says it is the same or better reception than stock antenna.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/AntennaX-CB-24-inch-AM-FM-ANTENNA-for-Ford-F150-/351536047393?fits=Model%3AF-150&hash=item51d92e6521&vxp=mtr

Ricktwuhk

Yup. No need to buy anything.