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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 03:12 PM
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While I'm waiting on my new speaker setup to come in from Ian, I figured I'd look into a new antenna. The previous owner of my Camaro cut the antenna and the reception is pretty bad. The antenna is about 1 ft. tall without the ball at the top. Being under a tree makes my reception pretty poor!

So, I'm looking into two other options right now: BitViper's Antenna and TuneTrapper's Hidden Antenna that I'd mount under the dash pad.

I doubt anyone has tried both of these, but which do you guys find as good, if not better than factory? Not that I'll be listening to FM much other than NJ101.5, there may always be a time when I'm in the mood to find new music over the air.

If worse comes to worse, I'll just buy both.

Thanks,

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Old Sep 11, 2011 | 01:51 AM
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Just get a power antenna out of a firebird.
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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Kinda late to teh show....
But, the BV is only going to be as good as the stocker.. if the "TuneTraper" is a boosted device and you have reception problems in your area then its ("TuneTraper") going to be a better antenna..

And the advantage to the "TuneTraper".. is that its hidden but then your left with te stock nub until you find a way to hide or remove the mount
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Rauch
While I'm waiting on my new speaker setup to come in from Ian, I figured I'd look into a new antenna. The previous owner of my Camaro cut the antenna and the reception is pretty bad. The antenna is about 1 ft. tall without the ball at the top. Being under a tree makes my reception pretty poor!

So, I'm looking into two other options right now: BitViper's Antenna and TuneTrapper's Hidden Antenna that I'd mount under the dash pad.

I doubt anyone has tried both of these, but which do you guys find as good, if not better than factory? Not that I'll be listening to FM much other than NJ101.5, there may always be a time when I'm in the mood to find new music over the air.

If worse comes to worse, I'll just buy both.

Thanks,

Derek
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