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    I found the $9 Autozone antenna. It looks great, but my radio reception took a hit. Going to try it to work and back to see if it gets any better.



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    Thanks for the update. I was worried about that...

    With that said, for everyone else who gets his/her antenna, please do your best to describe any signal loss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silverstreak View Post
    I found the $9 Autozone antenna. It looks great, but my radio reception took a hit. Going to try it to work and back to see if it gets any better.
    I haven't noticed any signal loss. Weird...

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    Kerc it could be you're closer to your stations than I am.

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    My antenna finally showed up, after seeing this last night :
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    Ah, not only a Mirage enthusiast too, but a fellow Windows Phone user. The antenna looks great!

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    I tried the Autozone antenna and one off a Prius. I had a tremendous amount of signal loss. The one installed on the Prius works great on that car, not on mine. The original antenna went back on and all ok again. Shame, I like the other look better.

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    Smaller ( stubby ) does look better . Job well done . Wonder who the factory stereo is produced by ? Panasonic ?

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    Cars with stubby antennas have signal amplifiers to compensate for the lower signal the short antenna outputs.



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