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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Hal_T
I took my antenna off after about 20 minutes. The reception sucks big time.
Seems like it should suck bigtime, even if you had a booster of some sort. Most FM car antennaes are somewhere around 1/4 wave (26-33"), dropping down to a 2" antenna puts you somewhere south of 1/40th wave.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2011 | 10:15 AM
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With the new antenna I am good around the city but once out about twenty mins i loose reception but thats when I normally turn the iPod on anyways.
 
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