I'm putting my money on the whip antenna being an upgraded model which gives you better reception. With my old shark fin, I lost reception under EVERY overpass. Now I almost never do. I think we should be thankful that it's a whip antenna, otherwise it would be broken already.

 

Its the other way around for me I lose reception when I pass under a bridge/overpass with the whip antenna while on the other hand my Acura TSX with its low profile flat (not shark fin) antenna doesn't lose reception at all when under the bridge/overpass.

Hell my neighbor's Land Rover LR4 is taller than my Durango Citadel...the LR4 has a low profile antenna that looks like a half *** shark fin and this vehicle clears his standard size garage with plenty of clearance.

 

I was wondering about reception since my FM reception is unbelievable. I catch my favorite local station that was total impossible in prior vehicles. The SAT service however, cuts out under ever bridge or group of trees even. Wondering how a new antenna would affect the reception.

 

I get great reception with the 'whip'. I do lose reception sometimes when going under a bridge....but it's pretty rare. I live in a large city, so I go under quite a few bridges. I've never lost reception from the trees. My Durango fits in the garage and nothing hits the door. Are all garage doors not a standard height, do some of you have short garages??

 

Seems there are different heights out there. Didn't think mine looked that low until the antenna on my R/T (which sits a tad lower than others) hit it.

 

I vote for the shark fin. Definitely looks better. Current one looks like those found on the VW Passat B5-5.5 models.

 

I removed the whip antennae for garage clearance. No change in AM or Satellite reception. I don't listen to FM radio.

 

What did you replace it with? Got pix?

 

Was it easy to remove the whip antenna?

I still listen to FM radio I hope Mopar someday will put out and sells a shark fin or a flat low profile antenna accessory. Ebay does have a lot of aftermarket shark fin antennas listed but most of them are not connected to the radio and for decorative purposes only.

 

A couple of pix just to give an idea the size and height of my garage.