I traded my '15 S in 2016, I bought it in 2014 ( my third MINI). I have on order a 2019S and am wondering about adding a stubby antenna after I purchase the car. Will the shorter antenna affect my Satellite or Apple Carplay reception?

 

Nope, I use an ebay one and it works perfectly

 

I think that antenna is for radio only. I have the OEM Mini stubby, but quickly removed it because reception was quite a bit worse. I mostly listen to the radio in the car. I'm in the foothills of LA, so I although I'm very close to a big city, the hills hurt. Is there another stubby that gets better reception?

 

The antenna pole that actually sticks up from the roof is for the FM radio, and I believe AM as well. The satellite radio antenna is built into the bulge (for lack of a better term) part of the antenna assembly. As for Carplay, I'm not super knowledgeable in, but I believe it just uses Bluetooth to connect to your iPhone which would be handled by antennas inside the cabin.

 

My Carbon came with the sporty short antenna and I haven't noticed any lack of quality reception. Went on a rally a few months ago and the radio didn't dip when we got out in the boonies.

 

hint

take the ant' off and try your various radio functions ... espcly what you regularly use ....

you may be very very surprised ....

 

We put them on almost all of our customers and they only neg effect it if you already listen to some station that is weak.
Have them in stock and ready to ship
https://www.waymotorworks.com/wmw-short-antenna.html

 

FWIW my Coupe has a stock stubby mounted on the R rear fender (the top/roof is different, no electricals in it at all). Works fine.