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Universal Antenna

Not as good as the factory antenna. Lost a lot of stations that the car use to get.

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Better than the stock signal on aftermarket head unit. I now can pull in 1 channel.

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Crutchfield response on 7/24/2023

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Did not help my situation.

My Boss unit had terrible reception. I contacted support and they recommended this antenna. Once installed it did not improve reception and I returned it. I did find with a new screw in antenna and turning off DX mode on the Boss unit my reception greatly improved.

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Universal Antenna

This did not work for my car. I spent half a day trying to run the wire to get it to work. I got better reception by putting the ground wire from 12 gauge electrical wire in the antenna part of my radio.

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Crutchfield response on 12/20/2022

Todd contacted our Customer Support team and set up a return. Purchases from Crutchfield can be returned or exchanged within 60 days.

Universal Antenna

Works fine

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Universal Antenna

waste of time- 0 performance

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Crutchfield response on 7/13/2022

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Universal Antenna

GREAT PRODUCT THANKS

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Does not pick any stations up

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Crutchfield response on 9/14/2021

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Universal Antenna

World of difference in reception.

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Universal Antenna

Hooked up easily to my after market radio in my 2013 Mazda2. I have radio stations again. He'll Yeahhh!!!

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Universal Antenna

Perfect fit as always. Thank you.

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Universal Antenna

Weak reception

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Crutchfield response on 12/22/2020

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Universal Antenna

doesnt work

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Universal Antenna

Works great I get reception in places I didnt with stock antenna

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Marietta

Did not work well at all. Smashed it with hammer and threw away.

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Universal Antenna

Very timely delivery and exactly as advertised

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Universal Antenna

Easy to install and fit under the fairing - nice to eliminate the whip antennas

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2001 Chevy Suburban

Does not work in a 2001 Chevy suburban It needs a outside antenna

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Crutchfield response on 10/1/2019

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Universal Antenna

Using this on a boat Gets decent signal easy to install. Was hoping for a few more stations. Dose not interfere with boat cover.

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Great budget friendly repair option

I used this to replace the broken antenna mast that no longer would extend and retract via a power motor. I had absolutely no reception of local FM radio stations less than 15 miles away. With this unit, the local stations are clear. I'll admit that I was spoiled by the factory reception (before the break) of getting consistent reception of stations over 45 miles away. This glass mounted antenna has given me 85% of my original reception back but was a fraction of the cost of sourcing a new power antenna assembly from Subaru. I don't this this antenna is an upgrade over a properly working OEM antenna, but a budget friendly repair option.

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Universal Antenna

Works good

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Was a good choice

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Universal Antenna

This item did the trick, good reception , and ground to your body. It works even better

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Universal Antenna

Worked significantly worse than factory 80's Gm windshield antenna. No matter where it was positioned.

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Universal Antenna

Will not even receive any stations in my area except a Christian station about 1/2 Mile away.

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Universal Antenna

Great product. Works well. Easy to install.

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Universal Antenna

installed system and just put the reciever on the dash and it still would not pickup a signal. the original antenna worked better even verified that the receiver was connected to 12vdc with a volt meter and it was still worse that the original.

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Crutchfield response on 5/2/2018

Ralph contacted our Customer Support team and set up a return. Purchases from Crutchfield can be returned or exchanged within 60 days.

Great reception

This was for my Polaris rzr that we put the stage 2 system in . Bought this antana because we are in the mountains and hard to get any radio with a little placement adjustment it works great I wanted this power unit to get better reception. Works

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Universal Antenna

Continual search and will not stop on station

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Crutchfield response on 3/7/2018

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Universal AM/FM Antenna

Doesn't bring in stations much better. Some stations not as good.

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Crutchfield response on 11/14/2017

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great for a hidden ant

great ant

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Universal Antenna

Antenna made a huge difference in the FM reception. Just installed it behind the dash. Works good in my 2007 Hyundai Azera. Mike

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Universal Antenna

Not able to hide this very well, needs to be mounted high as I can get it to get service and if you rob 12v power from some where is will mess up the service.

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Universal Antenna

Bad reception with this antenna. Local radio stations continually go in and out. Unfortunately, not a good antenna.

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Crutchfield response on 3/27/2017

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Universal Antenna

It was away to install works great

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Universal Antenna

no noticeable change at all

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Crutchfield response on 1/31/2017

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Junk product

Piece of junk. Do not buy it. Made of flimsy, cheap plastic. The bottom was cracked. Cheap double-sided tape does not hold at all. No difference between having this piece of junk connected and just having no antenna at all.

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Crutchfield response on 11/17/2016

Once we saw this review, our Tech Support team reached out to this customer to issue an apology and help him further. We'll either help him get the antenna working the way it should, or help him return it for an exchange or refund.

Good reception, when it's a clear view

I replaced the stock Bose system in my dad's acura which he left to me, major pain in the butt because the Bose system is designed specifically with the Acura architecture in mind. Spent a lot of time finding this out. I had this antenna installed and it works, but it fell off of the back window several times, and now it looks like it's falling apart. It also doesn't seem to get good reception near mountains or tall building, and I thought this was a stronger antenna than the typical post antenna.

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Just what I needed.

Exactly what I was looking for. Works great (appropriately located of course). Very pleased with the prompt shipping...Thanks

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Hideaway antenna

A friend recommended this antenna as radio reception is an issue where I live and work. I was delighted to find that it worked perfectly and I am now able to get all of the radio stations that I could not get with a conventional antenna. I was also happy that this antenna fit under my plastic roof on my 2016 John Deere Gator and won't get torn off as my previous one did. GREAT PRODUCT AND GREAT PRICE!!!

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hide away antenna on 06 nomad 1600

mounted on my fairing but didn't work. I replaced my radio ( Dual x1225 cheapy )....works 100%. I grounded the radio since its in fiberglass. stations across the band from in the garage. totally impressed. had my doughts. i'm the guy that usually buys this stuff & gets burned. well i did with the first crap radio.

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Junk

Absolutely a piece of junk. Dont Waste Your Money! I bought this to eliminate my antenna, unfortunately this unit doesn't work and I mean not even a little bit. I get no reception at all, it's as if there's no antenna at all. I can't believe Crutchfield actually sells this garbage. Extremely disappointed!!

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Crutchfield response on 10/27/2015

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Universal Antenna Review

My radio reception had disappeared due to a hungry rodent. The stealership quoted $550 to replace the antenna cable, which leads to a shark fin antenna on the roof. Ordered this and was able to install in about an hour with the help of tech support at Crutchfield. Reception is decent. It is not CD quality, but it never was with the original either. My wife is pleased to have a working radio again.

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Marginal performance, poor mounting

After purchasing a vehicle with no radio ability, we replaced the head unit and found no improvement. Our installer then recommended this universal antenna and installed it for us. It was routed around the dash, through the A-pillar, and mounted behind the rear view mirror on the windshield. The install was clean and nearly invisible. After installation, we had radio again! However, not very high quality signal. We couldn't get many HD stations and numerous stations that we should be getting were just static. The real pain is that after four weeks the antenna fell off its included adhesive. This left it dangling by the cable (luckily ran through the windshield body trim so it hung around the mirror). I stuck it back on and within two weeks fell again. I took it to our installer who removed the adhesive, cleaned, and reinstalled with a fresh strip. Three weeks later it fell off again. We've since purchased a black EZ-Pass holder with suction cups to hold it up. It's no longer as invisible, but at least stays up.

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Great replacement for broken antennas

This product is perfect for when a connector on your factory antenna may break. I tried to order a factory replacement for my car when it broke and then decided this was the much better option.

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Just what I needed

My antenna snapped off of my Honda CRV, the dealer wanted $500.00 to replace it. I ordered this universal remote and it was just what I needed... Cannot beat this price...

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Don't buy

Didn't work. Pulled in stations in the 103 freq. range. Had to hold finger on it to get bet reception. Kinda hard to drive that way. Reception would cut out when ever there was movement in car. Even the stations that it pulled in were not clear. Not worth buying

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Universal Antenna

Perfect product! Crystal clear reception like advertised. Would recommend to anyone needing this style product.

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Universal Antenna

I installed this antenna with high hopes but it just didn't work worth a darn so I returned it.

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Great FM reception; AM reception is non-existent. Tried several places i.e. under the dash, under the hood, behind the grill all to no avail. Finally by placing the unit in the A Pillar (beside the windshield) I was able to get very good FM reception. Never was able to pull in a single AM station.

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awesome product easy install and great reception. Very good quality for the money. Thanks Crutchfield!

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Do not buy

Don't waste your money!

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Not the greatest.

This antenna will work great if you want to mount it inside your window. Otherwise it's useless. When I installed it, there was no signal when mounted under the dash. Even when it does get signal it is weak.

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Universal Antenna

I installed a second audio system in one of my storage area on my RV for tailgating. I needed an antenna that I move if needed. I use Velcro and have three different mounting stations I can use. This antenna is perfect for my application and works very well.

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Installed on a ezgo golf cart for a friend. Wish I knew about the product when I was installing radio in my own cart. Gets better reception and looks better on cart.I read some of the other ratings. I would try grounding the radio better on your installations. Thank for you time Mike

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Horrible Reception

I bought this antenna for my classic Mustang that does not have an antenna hole on the fender. I still have the original AM radio and simply wanted to get one or two stations when I drive. I mounted the antenna behind the glove box and can only get reception if I am holding the antenna which is not realistic. I would not recommend this item to anyone.

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Great Product

Installed this antenna with a Kenwood HD radio and it worked and sounded great. Just plug it in and power one wire and it's ready to go.

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Hideaway Reception!

Poor reception

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Don't buy!

installed this in my 86' Toyota pick-up and I get 3 radio stations!! don't even get AM which is why I wanted it in the 1st place..... NO baseball!! looking at finding an original hookup. Don't waste your time.... Maybe if my truck was metal this would work???

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Universal Mast- less Antenna

The product itself was great but lacked installation instruction and the glue that was supplied was hard. It did what I wanted it to do which was eliminate the damaged mast antenna. Great Value! Thanks, Mike D

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Universal Antenna

after installing it and trying it out, I unhooked it and used the factory one, which was pretty bad, but still better than this thing.

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Hidden Antenna

This is the worst product I have ever bought at Crutchfield. $ piece of trash. I bought it so that my radio reception would improve, but it did the exact opposite. The factory antenna on my car is 10 times better than this one, and it isn't good to begin with. Also remember to hook this up to ignition power, and not constant power. You may think it does not pull much power cause it barely works, but it will drain your battery.

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Junk

Extremely poor reception, low quality. I threw it in the trash

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Horrible

This antenna is horrible!!!!!! Do not buy it. It is not worth the money at all. I put it in my convertible to shave my antenna off the car. With the top down and the antenna literally in my hand waving it around trying to pick up reception, all I get it a couple fuzzy stations. I definitely hooked it up correctly. Do not get this believe me.

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Hidden antenna

I had trouble with my current antenna that is hidden in the windshield. I utilized this hidden antenna. It does not work well when hidden under the dash. Too many other wires and it picks up interference. When I placed the antenna on the upper portion of the windshield it picks up the reception. The reception is still not as good as an antenna of the mast style.

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Not Good

Reception is not good at all, I actually went down to the Ford dealership and ordered a stock part to fix my radio because this did not do the job. Would not recommend this to anyone. I have never been so disappointed in an aftermarket part.

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Universal Antenna

I installed this in a Golf Car. Was and easy installation. Just plugged it into the back of the CD/Radio, hooked up the 12 volt power line and it was working fine.

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poor reception

i guess if you had no other choice on a show car or other application you would use it, factory antenna had much better reception

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OK but not great.

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perfect at on the gold wing no static and its powered

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seems to do the job

My Outback's antenna was broken and was a nightmare to try and replace/repair, plus I was quoted over $200 to have someone else do it. So for $25, I thought I'd give this a try. It works well (does fine on a weak NPR station ~60 miles away), and wasn't too hard to install ( a couple of leisurely hours, mostly spent identifying the powered antenna wire from the radio and routing the new antenna wire behind the dash). I would have liked the wire to be a little longer, so I could have installed it on the passenger cargo window, rather than the windshield. By the way, there are no instructions of any kind. Just plug the antenna into the radio and hook the other wire up to the +12V normally used for a power antenna.

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Universal Antenna Hideaway AM/FM car antenna

Functions just as advertised. Easy instillation with very good istructions. Suggest mounting the unit as high as possible. I could not access the top of the glove compartment so I installed it on the nearest flat surface at the same height. The adhesive surface was a bit iffy so I removed it and used E-6000 glue instead.

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Location is crucial, as high as possible

The ideal place for this antenna is in the upper right windshield above the passenger. It is hardly noticeable there and gets the best possible reception. I installed it myself in 20 minutes without any experience, I just ran and tucked the wire into the soft molding along the C pillar in front of the passenger door, went under the passenger footwell under the floormat and up under the plastic airvent behind the radio. Popped the radio out, pulled out the old antenna connection (I needed an adapter to go from my Kenwood radio to the antenna cable) and inserted the new one. Tied the 12v to one that was labeled "P Cont" (I assumed it meant Power Continuous), popped the radio back in and I was done. Reception for my HD radio is strong so far. My only worry is if I was supposed to find a wire that was labeled 12v because I couldn't find one ;-)

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Much better reception

Improved the FM reception of the factory radio in our 2003 Honda Pilot a great deal. The wire was long enough to run up the windshield post, then over the windshield to the center. Simple 12v connection wire. We've owned this SUV for 8 years and have never had such good radio reception. My only question is why the online catalog says that this item won't fit my vehicle? [Editor's Note: This is a universal antenna and not listed as a "fittable" item in our Vehicle Guide.]

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Just Bad

I have used two products make by Merto and both were terrible.

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Universal Antenna

For an antenna that is supposed to boost FM/AM signal, it is not doing a very good job. I get marginal FM signal and no AM signal at all and I live within 45 miles from Boston, Massachusetts which is a major metropolitan with many FM stattions. I guess it is better than NOT getting any reception. I tried every location on my 2000 Mercedes Benz S500 even on the outside of the vehicle but the reception is marginal at best. The best reception is when I'm holding the cable in my hand go figure. It would have been better to pay myself and be a human antenna. Over all I am NOT 100 satisfied and would not recommend this product to anyone.

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Universal Antenna

The antenna is ok. I have installed it on my Harley Dresser under the fairing and it doesnt pick up as good as I had hoped. I am going to relocate it later to see if it gets better reception then. For the price though I cant complain.

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Fixed my poor rec on my hd radio

This product rocks. I wrote a review on the JVC Arsenal KD-AHD69 titled poor radio rec killed my 5 star rating because the radio rec with my 07 altimas weak rear window antenna was not getting me much radio rec. So i bought this antenna even though it was said not to fit my car which crutchfirld was right . i had to do some slight wiring mods to get it to work..WELL WORTH THE EFFORT. I got ALL the milwaukee fm/am radio stations back that i lost and gained some that i did not know were out there. HIGHLY recommend this product to anyone that has had radio rec problems after installing an aftermarket hd radio. The nice thing about this to the size of the antenna box part is only about 6 inches long and i hid it on the top part of my windshield right in front of the rear view mirror. cant really tell from the driver seat that its even there. I tucked the wire under my headliner and ran it down the inside door molding under the dash right into the back of my radio. Only took about an hour stat to finish.

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Universal Antenna

Not very good, you pay for what you get. If you want good reception, pay more for a better one. Cord isn't very long either, if you have a custom install and radio isn't mounted in dash.

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I am not happy

I purchased this antennae to increase reception for AM stations for my motorhome. It actually gets less reception than the original antennae. I will go back to a mast antennae design.

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works great

This is what I was looking for. Works as advertised and service with you was super. After my purchase I found this antenna at another site, but the price was twice as much. Thanks

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Worked like a charm

I had my stereo stolen out of my car and in the process the existing connector for the radio antenna was damaged. I called Crutchfield and the tech recommended this product to use in place of the stock antenna suggesting it will be easier to install this than to try and splice a new connector into the existing wire. I ordered and as usual had it within a couple of days. Installed it with no problem (power lead and the signal lead) and placed it behind the seat nicely hidden away. Works perfectly. I get every radio station I used to get with the stock antenna and have no problems with fuzzy or unclear stations. Highly recommended!

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Perfect Solution

The power antenna on my 1990 Mazda 626 quit working, and the replacement would have been costly and difficult. This antenna was easy to install, we did have to move it to several different locations on the windshield to find the best reception. Works better than the original equipment

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Definitely works

I used this on my bass boat radio. For fishing purposes, I cannot have antennas around, so the radio just had a standard wire ant, and I got 25 stations, half of which were sketchy at best. Installed the uni ant, and got 34 stations, all pretty decent- so it works! Both tests were in my driveway so I know it worked better. Install was really easy- I had questions and called the Crutch help line and then I knew how to install it, but then again I have little knowledge of radios, etc. The helpline was great- reason enough to order from Crutch.

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I Don'trecommend

After installation, antenna was not strong enough to pull in AM stations. I listen to these for sports broadcasts.

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It's a concealed antenna!

I'm a professional auto technician at a local Chevy dealer, with some knowledge of antenna theory. I installed this antenna in my 2002 Ram Air TransAm Convertible. When my power antenna failed, I decided to have my favorite body person shave the hole. I then purchased this antenna, and a Motorola-to-GM antenna lead adapter. Knowing that I cannot mount this antenna on or near any large metal body component (for the metal will absorb the radio signals I want this antenna to recieve), I decided to take a hint from Corvette and mount this antenna inside my driver's mirror (plastic housing). After that, I removed the power antenna 12 volt signal wire wire from the stock radio connector and replaced it with the 12 volt wire that the concealed antenna needs. Then all I needed was to gound the "ring" of the antenna, install the antenna lead adapter, and put everything back together. The result...well, it's a concealed antenna. So, it misses a few FM stations here and there. I picks up stronger FM signals, but they can sometimes be blocked by trees, building or vehicles, since FM signals travel by line-of sight. For what I was attempting to accomplish: give my car a clean look and still enjoy listening to NPR, this antenna has done the work. I would recommend this antenna to anyone who a. knows what they will get from this antenna, and b. knows what they are doing. In other words, don't bash this antenna if it doesn't pick up alien signals from Vega. It won't. But it will work as I have described here.

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Just buy a real antenna

I thought it would be cool to have no antenna showing on my car and put the hideaway on the inside of my window. The problem is it looks cool but the reception is really, really bad. I went from great radio reception to almost no reception. Don't even experiment with this because I tried everything to get it to clear up and it does not. Buy another brand or a real antenna.

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Extremely dissapointed!

I spent a lot of time to install this antenna correctly to the top, inside of the windsheild. I pulled off trim, pulled out the radio, etc... only to find that my radio reception was actually worse than when I started! Very, very disappointed and unhappy!

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Universal Antenna

I would suggest looking at other products. The reception is terrible. I have tried mounting it in several different spots and none of them worked well. I live just outside of the Chicago where you can get radio reception anywhere and the strongest channels only come in 50% of the time. Great concept for a product but not worth the money.

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Universal Antenna

The antenna seems to be directional. I can have a decent signal, make a turn and lose the station. I have it mounted on the dash next to the bottom of the windshield, so it is not obstructed by anything other than glass. A $10 mast type antenna works much better if you have a place to mount it. I do not recommend this product.

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Solved my problem

I replaced the factory stereo in my 95 BMW, which uses an antenna inside the rear glass that doesn't fit aftermarket decks. I mounted the boxed end on the front glass behind the sun visor. It picks up radio stations better than the factory antenna and is a lot easier to install than drilling a hole in a fender for an outside aerial.

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Universal Antenna

I purchased this for my 2003 Hyundai Tiburon and I am very happy with it. I live further out from DC and Baltimore and drive a lot of back roads over hills and valleys to get to work. I need a radio for traffic reports. I have a shorty antenna but the reception was not good because I live so far from the source. If I was in a valley with a lot trees I barely got reception. So I left the shorty antenna for the appearance and unplugged the antenna cable that lead to it from the back of my Kenwood receiver and replaced it with this universal hideaway antenna I ordered from Crutchfield. I ran the cable through the dash and up the door trim and placed the antenna behind the rear quarter panel trim. It works a lot better than my shorty antenna did and I get reception even in the valleys. Very satisfied.

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Universal Antenna

I am a professional installer and purchased this item for my personal vehicle because I planned to shave the mast antenna from the fender of my truck. The total came out to almost $50 after shipping and I was very disappointed with the performance of this antenna. I live in a major radio market and the reception was degraded by about 50% with this antenna installed in any location in the vehicle. I am very unhappy with it.

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