FL1 Td4 roof aerial?

I have a 2005 FL1, Td4, 3-door, and wonder if anyone has fitted an alternative roof aerial instead if the original lengthy bee-sting?
With details & hopefully a Link - if possible.
Thanks.

Yes, I got one of these antennas for wife's 3-door when I installed a 2-din android head unit with DAB radio. Works really well on FM and DAB. Signal levels are excellent.

pwood999 said:

Yes, I got one of these antennas for wife's 3-door when I installed a 2-din android head unit with DAB radio. Works really well on FM and DAB. Signal levels are excellent.

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I could do with something like that for the daughter's Fiat 500, which has lousy radio reception.

We use a similar antenna on the campervans at work for TV and radio reception.

They work reasonably well - although reading up on them, there may be issues depending on horizontal or vertical 'something' in the airwaves - which may just relate to TV, but probably radio as well as that's digital as well these days.

Also found them to be questionable in terms of reliability, I'm having to replace them quite regularly. That though may be due to their harsh location stuck atop a high-top van on corrugated roofing and sealed in with lashings of junk. Also morons that catch them on trees when 'freedom' camping or carpark roofs.

Mind you, still more reliable than an LDV radio aerial that, like the rest of the van, rusts out faster than a 60's Fiat.

https://www.rvsupercentre.co.nz/apollo-terrestrial-tv-and-am-fm-whip-antenna-30cm

I think there may be badge engineering on this. I think they are made by a UK outfit Avtex, part ANSP108.

Horizontal and vertical is indeed related to TV signal broadcasting, and not relevant for FM.