I just recently put a Out Motoring stubby antenna on the Mini. Has anyone else used this antenna and noticed spotty reception !!

Thanks

 

No, it works fine for us. :-)

 

Me too.

 

I haven't noticed much difference but I am in a large city. Over Thanksgiving, I'll be going to a rural part of the state so I'm interested it how it works.

 

I took a 120 mile trip yesterday and noticed I was losing stations I normally didn't with the oem. I'll switch back for long trips and keep the other in the boot.

 

I have an OEM stubby and the reception is pretty good, better than I thought. I did loose a little reception on weaker signals but didn't loose anything on strong signals. I go into the mountains often and still get pretty good reception there too.

I would consider returning it and buying a OEM one from Mini...just a thought.

 

I have never noticed any problem.

Although from about a year in I've had XM
(aftermarket, sportscaster)

I have noticed this weird thing though on vast stretches of
I95 from NC to NY (my wife's mom lives there) I get no
XM. In more than one vehicle I should say.

 

I run a stubby antenna from MINI. I have no problem with stations. I was also told that the FM antenna is actually in the rear window.

 

I have a carbon-fibre stubby from GoBadges (made by?). I haven't noticed much FM difference.

I have an R55, and I too was told that the FM antenna is in the rear-side window (when I was asking if it was a defroster). If that's true, then perhaps...

1) Mast antenna for AM?
2) Antenna base for satellite?
3) Window-glass antenna for FM?

 

easy to test, remove the top mounted ant' and see what happens to your reception . . . I just went in the garage and took the ant' off my 07 .... I still get all my regular FM stations. Hmmmmm

for comparison I have a radio/cd in my 79 with no ant' attached. I get no reception and use it for cd only.

 

Nice old thread for info...

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...w-defrost.html

 

Alta stubby/shorty here...no problems whatsoever

 

AM is the band which is most affected by removing or shortening the antenna . I'd like to see someone try the weakest am stations with the regular and then the stubby for comparison before I buy one . I suggest others do the same.

 

On my Mini (2009) when traveling under or next to powerlines, it makes a horrible buzz on AM even if the station is strong. If you remove the antenna all together the buzz is cut down and I can still get all local stations during the day which is the hardest time to get them. The stubby brings the buzz back a little but no where near where it was with the factory antenna. It is a good compromise. FM is unaffected.

I got a 2013 loaner last week while I had service done. It had HD radio and they have really made huge gains in this dept. If there is an HD simucast it automatically switches over and you get HD stereo quality listening to AM. No more buzz. Even if there is no simulcast there is no buzz. I wonder if HD is backward compatible to my 2009?