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Old 04-10-2006, 05:13 PM
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Default Short antenna !! using your OEM antenna !

Here's another way you can use your current antenna to make it short and not loose the reception.

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Old 04-10-2006, 06:05 PM
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how'd you do it?
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lol yea..what exactly did u do?
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Old 04-10-2006, 07:07 PM
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All I did was to break the antenna inside the silicone portion, leaving some room inside to insert the end of the OEM antenna witch I also cut about 1 inch from the plastic and then I put some metallic glue (radioshack) inside to glue both ends and maybe fix the receptin on the antena since I basically brke the antenna in two.

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http://tk.files.storage.msn.com/x1pU...da2dKRh75d-V4A
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I just ripped mine apart. We'll see how it works without the glue.
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lol bump.. hows the reception guys??
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reception is just the same as before, I used the metallic glue, but it may work different with out glue or maybe not !!
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nice, i just did mine. before i just cut it, and painted the tip.
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almost looks what I did

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