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CDM8900 & A Brand New Stubby Antenna
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Posted by: tigerteam

So I purchased a 1cm tall stubby antenna from a place called westongue.com and I gotta say; Besides removing the Verizon Wireliess banner, this is the best thing I have done to my phone! I live in Denver, CO & I had great reception all over the metro area with the original antenna, & I notice no difference in reception with this new stubby one. I even took a trip to Winter Park, and I had reception all the way through Berthoud Pass. (Just like I did with the original.) The phone fits in my pocket & looks a lot better now. Anyone else trade up their antanna? I'm guessing that an extendable is only of use to people in fringe areas of coverage, because I never needed to extend mine around here. I guess at worst, you can take an $8 gamble (what I paid) to see if you can do away with the ugly original.

Posted by: kayotik

awesome!! i was worried about the reception. since with the stubby types, you cant really pull them out like the OE one.. im glad to hear that it doesnt affect the reception quality.. that means imma go out and buy one now!

Posted by: thePhallex

I actually like the retractable steel antennae, like in this post:

http://www.howardforums.com/showthr...120#post3031120

I don't like the nub.

Posted by: tigerteam

I just didn't like how the phone looked & I didn't like how it fit in my pocket with the OEM antenna. Although I admit, if I lived in a bad reception area, I doubt I would have even looked for a stubby antenna. (I guess Denver just has some ×××× good coverage.)

Posted by: Manleyf

which antenna is that oen exactly? There are several on the site that kind of look like that one.

It does look really good.

Posted by: tigerteam

Silver Polished w/ Grooves Stubby Antenna (ANT138) 1 cm tall.
http://westongue.com/ant138.html

Posted by: Manleyf

cool, thanks...just ordered one

how long did they take to get it out to you?

Posted by: tigerteam

Two days or so... It was sent priorty mail, so you may have it as soon as Monday. Yay!