+1 I have the J&M shorties, they work and look great, but any shorter antenna will have a slightly shorter range if you get out in the middle of nowhere....both CB and radio.

 

Many years ago, you could have a power antenna on a car that did not go up and down when you turned the radio on or off, if you were in town it worked great down. if you were in a rural area and put the antenna down the volume went down or the station went away. If you use a shorter or lower antenna you will loose some performance, you may not be able to tell this in all cases, but that is the way antennas work.

 

Here's what I came up with: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touring-models/270122-my-antenna-comparison.html

 

I have the J&M and like it but just run without most of the time since in SLC you can pick up stations fine and in the canyons and country it's hard to get reception anyway. I tried the antenax hidden antena and think the J&M ouside works a little better.

 

I have the J&M antenna where I live here in Los Angeles and its a joke, reception sucks!

Nick

 

I have the J&M shorty. I thought it was just as good as the stock one until I was sitting beside my bud one day in a parking lot. There was a song on the radio that my wife liked, so I turned my radio station to the same one he was listening to at the time. His station was coming in crystal clear and mine was not.

That was the same day we both hit the same deer. I took the ears from the deer that night for reminders of what happened. I mounted my deer ear on the top of my J&M shorty antenna. About two weeks later someone decided they needed that ear worse than me and cut my atennna off just below the ear. Now the reception really sucks with 2 or 3" missing off the shorty.

Dennis

 

+1 on the antennaX kind..........also, they don't hit the garage door anymore or myself in the head !!!!

Hey Dawg, have you used the shorty for CB transmission ??

 

Am using the antennas off of an '09 Ultra on my '06 Ultra with no effect on range what so ever over the original stock antennas on both CB and FM/AM. Best part is now they don't get caught on the garage door.

 

rofl rofl rofl too FUNNY!

 

I have not tried the CB yet.