RES4CUE

Love the looks of he stubby but reception suffers. I'm just south of DC about 20 mins.

I rarely listen to radio so I took looks over reception.

jheizer

Now you got me looking at this again...

Any comments on this 14" one?

Theocoog

I have the Craven Stubby. Looks really nice on the truck. However, I live about 35 miles outside of a big city and the reception absolutely sucks with the Stubby, even AM.

It is not a complete waste: if I'm taking the truck through a car wash (winter only), I put the Stubby on so that my real antenna doesn't get bent.

That'd just my experience. Maybe it'd be better if I lived closer to town.

JCooper

My last suggestion.... If you are def going to buy a shorter antenna, than you will probably have no use for your factory one anymore, right? So try cutting it down to whatever height you want (18", 16",12", whatever) and try it out for a few days 1st. You may be surprised how well it still works. Unless your set on a billet type or something totally different.

TheTallest

I installed the Cravenspeed Stubby a few weeks after I bought my truck. Where I live, the reception is utter crap but I listen to XM so I don't care.

Nospleen

I'm in San Antonio and my stubby gets good reception. Haven't noticed a difference at all, but I'm usually within the city. I'm assuming as I get closer to the outskirts, that may change...

Xorak

i got a 12" or 13" antenna from Auto Zone. it looks pretty much just like the stocker only shorter.

Curveman

Ditto

zacharyz

My cravenspeed stubby has terrible reception. Need to find a different one for sure. Looks cool tho.

mario23

I'm perfectly happy with my Craven too but like others have said, I only listen to Sirius and MP3's so radio reception was never a concern for me. If radio is a big deal for you, best just keep it stock.