i got one off ebay
13", works well the reception is not as great but i never listen to the radio so no biggie for me

 

ebay. Mine was like $9. Looks a ton better, and the diffence in reception isn't noticable to me.

 

Weaker reception is noticeable in remote areas and mountains. Took off mine and put original one back. Better reception and far better reception than my previous Hyundai Santa Fe with its stock antenna

 

I bought a 14'' black antenna on ebay and i didn't notice a reception difference. But it is a lot nicer for sure...

 

Ebay Antenna

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That antenna you bought from Ebay was it listed as "Black Billet Antenna 14" Jeep Partiot & Compass Rubicon." That's the on I have just ordered, hope the reception is great.

 

Oh ya I meant to ask how hard or easy is it to replace the stock antenna? Are there wires to disconnect?

 

I'm sure most are just replacing the Screw on top section.

 

its a screw on
takes a minute or 2

 

That antenna you bought from Ebay was it listed as "Black Billet Antenna 14" Jeep Partiot & Compass Rubicon." That's the on I have just ordered, hope the reception is great.

Yes Nerrad I'm pretty sure it is this one.

Take care when installing it don't use the chrysler adaptor because it doesn't fit.. I used the ford one I think... it should be easy to screw on so if it fells hard stop immediately because those adaptor are kind of cheap they break if you thight them to much...

so good luck the reception is as the original one for me...

 

You may want to use some locktite or similar on it though. I'm on my second one now as the antenna came loose from the base at some point while driving and I lost it.

 

Thanks for all the tips!

 

What if the stock antenna was just painted black? Any impact on reception?

 

What if the stock antenna was just painted black? Any impact on reception?

No it shouldn't have any impact on reception... if you are not outting 15 layers of lead paint on it

 

Thanks!

 

I get reception for sh!t as it is with the monster ant, so there's no way I'm going with a rubber duckie antenna. They do look good though.

 

I am thinking it doesn't matter what antenna you have on there will be interference no matter what. I still have the 32" stock on and depending on where I am driving I lose the signal from time to time.

 

if you use a paint with some silver or other metallic content in it you may even improve reception... says the communications engineer. hah.

 

Well it been 16 days since my antenna was shipped out and I still haven't received it. I ordered it from Ebay as well the seller keeps blaming Canadian Customs for the delay, but I also ordered my Jeep Seat Covers from the US and that was about a week later, I received that early last week. Some how the Customs excuse just doesn't work for me.

 

Sounds like we ordered from the same person. I got the 13" black stubby antenna and it took 12 days to ship USPS first class from California to Oklahoma. It looked to me like the shipper was printing their own shipping lables and I can't find anything to show that the USPS actually received the item from the shipper on the label date. I went to USPS and plugged in the shipping info from the shippers zip to my zip and first class was shown to take only 3 days. I think they are printing the lables and then holding off on mailing until they have whatever they consider enough units to make a trip to the post office worhtwhile. I did make note that the shipper had an excellent feedback rating but numerous comments about slow shipping.

 

i just installed a billet antenna from autozone.. only $10. the reception was no good with the stock antenna, i havent tried this new one yet. i did see an amplifier on ebay. it was only $10. maybe ill get that if i need it.

 

After about 3 weeks of waiting for my antenna it showed up on Friday delivered by USPS. Installed using some locktite since there was really no way to tighten it other then by hand. Haven't noticed any reception difficulties and looks a hell of alot better then the stock antenna.

 

Make sure you save your 30 foot stock whip antenna just in case you install a rack mounted HF unit from a hmmwv some day