Review on Short Stubby Antenna For Mazda Miata 2006-2022 - 3.8 Inch, Compatible With CravenSpeed by Dan Olsen

If you look at all the other reviews, you'll definitely see a wide range of reports on how well the Stubby works as a replacement antenna. To see how it fared for myself I did a quick test drive between my home and a mall over in the neighboring city to hear the difference between the OEM antenna and this product. As a note, I reside in the heart of Silicon Valley, so it's very much a suburban area.The OEM part performed perfectly fine, with all my saved stations sounding pretty crisp as I drove past tall buildings and beneath highway underpasses. In comparison, the Stubby was pretty below average: some stations that used to be easily found were just lost or become fuzzy, and auto seeking would occasionally either skip past a station or pick it up with a tad bit of crackle. For any stations that were audible the reception phased in and out depending on where I drove, even if they had no issues while using the OEM antenna.Having said that, my main source of music for driving is my phone via Bluetooth anyway; I basically never use the radio. Visually, the Stubby is quite nice looking and works well with the MX-5's small profile, though honestly I didn't mind the look of the OEM one (it could be worse). It's relatively inexpensive for a non-insignificant style change, so definitely worth checking out if you ever see it in stock and you're not going to be that sad about a possible radio performance reduction.