The Bronco still uses a whip antenna because AM/FM radio

[markregel]

Exactly, best of both worlds!!! It can easily be replaced with a stubby antenna. Some of us old farts like our AM/FM/HD radio. It's a great source for LOCAL sports talk. My BMW's shark fin antenna flakes out a lot on HD broadcasts. Do I want a long whip antenna on my M2, HELL NO....But on a flying brick like a Bronco or Wrangler? ALL DAY LONG...Sounds like millennial snowflake mall crawler problem to me.

I think some just enjoy being complainers.

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[timhood]

The mast antenna supports the AM/FM performance best over other design options. Rural AM FTW!

I think a great design would have been to do all of the other antennas through the hidden "shark fin" and then let AM people either order the whip and include a screw-on cap for the rest of us to delete the AM antenna. Basically, treat the AM antenna like the smoker's kits today.

The only times I've listened to AM in the past 20+ years are when I accidentally switched to AM until I was able to switch back to FM.

 

[timhood]

I didn't know an antenna was something I was supposed to even think about, thank you B6G for setting me straight.

You are supposed to think, fret, complain and worry about every...single...thing.

But this is not a bad thing. The goal is to get you to be so totally disappointed with what your perception of the Bronco is going to be that by the time you actually get yours, you will be totally in love with it because it exceeded your expecations in every way.

 

[Killed By Death]

I think a great design would have been to do all of the other antennas through the hidden "shark fin" and then let AM people either order the whip and include a screw-on cap for the rest of us to delete the AM antenna. Basically, treat the AM antenna like the smoker's kits today.

The only times I've listened to AM in the past 20+ years are when I accidentally switched to AM until I was able to switch back to FM.

Most AM is simulcast via HD FM...Hence the whip antenna which receives HD broadcasts much better.

 

[timhood]

Yup we all have to suffer with looking at or removing that museum piece for the few boomers left that listen to terrestrial radio.

Boomers clinging to AM
Gen X clinging to FM
Millennials clinging to CDs

Full disclosure: I'm Gen X and I resemble that remark.

 

[timhood]

Most AM is simulcast via HD FM...Hence the whip antenna which receives HD broadcasts much better.

I would not have thought about how AM works, since I haven't even thought of AM at all. That said, our seven year-old Escape has the shark fin with a little one-foot antenna that sticks out of it and it works great for FM and FM HD. I don't know how well the regular shark fins work for FM/HD.

 

[NurseDan]

Makes sense and I’m glad. I listen to podcasts via Bluetooth or local AM sports radio. That’s it. Almost never ever music.

 

[Peter Gosenya]

Mine will have a cell boost, a gmrs antenna and a cb post so I can talk to those guys who have not bought into gmrs yet; in addition to the am/fm. I guess when you only mall crawl, having a sleek roof line is important.

 

[username1]

If it don't have the old school antenna, where would people put these cringy ass things

I didn't know Punisher stickers came in antenna form.

 

[Killed By Death]

I would not have thought about how AM works, since I haven't even thought of AM at all. That said, our seven year-old Escape has the shark fin with a little one-foot antenna that sticks out of it and it works great for FM and FM HD. I don't know how well the regular shark fins work for FM/HD.

Kinda sucks on my BMW and I live close to the tower. So I prefer a whip antenna.

 

[Killed By Death]

Makes sense and I’m glad. I listen to podcasts via Bluetooth or local AM sports radio. That’s it. Almost never ever music.

Yep, I like music at home but local sports talk is my favorite while driving.

 

[Ricepuddin]

I didn't know Punisher stickers came in antenna form.

They come in a fudd starter pack

 

[timhood]

You could have caught the Mighty 690 in Canada with a whip!

OMG, you just brought back some childhood memories there.

Equis-Ay-something-something, Tijuana, Mexico. The Mighty 690!

 

[nminus1]

As long it it comes off. Haven't listened the garbage ads, talk etcon FM/AM in years, with all the alternatives (Sirius, Apple car play, phone blue tooth, Pandora, Amazon music, I tunes, etc) I just carry the antenna in the back of my Chevy in case I need to beat the bricks off someone with it.

 

[fschael]

My only question is can you remove it and install a CB antenna or something else there. Maybe mount a flag for the dunes.

All the radio is (and has ever been as I know it) is ads interspersed with the same damn song you listened to 10 minutes ago. Switch to streaming. Pay the monthly fee to download songs if you're often out of cell coverage or have a limited data plan.

Millennials

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