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Ok, full disclosure: I'm venting.
So many people whine about their stock antenna height. A lot of them buy stubbies. I've now had a THIRD random knucklehead casually suggest I get rid of my silly stock antenna.
Two words: height clearance. The factory antenna is my last clearance check before passing under low obstacles. It's close enough to my roof line that if the antenna clears, I'm confident that I'll clear. If it scrapes under, I need to be careful, and if it catches, it's a no-go.
I wouldn't even be surprised if that was an intended function of the antenna's height; even if not intended, it's felicitously convenient.
I'm not knocking the guys running stubbies; you do you...but ffs why does everyone look at me like I'm crazy when I point out such an obvious benefit of the antenna height?
/rant
So many people whine about their stock antenna height. A lot of them buy stubbies. I've now had a THIRD random knucklehead casually suggest I get rid of my silly stock antenna.
Two words: height clearance. The factory antenna is my last clearance check before passing under low obstacles. It's close enough to my roof line that if the antenna clears, I'm confident that I'll clear. If it scrapes under, I need to be careful, and if it catches, it's a no-go.
I wouldn't even be surprised if that was an intended function of the antenna's height; even if not intended, it's felicitously convenient.
I'm not knocking the guys running stubbies; you do you...but ffs why does everyone look at me like I'm crazy when I point out such an obvious benefit of the antenna height?
/rant