the reception is pretty un-distinguishable from the stock antenna....i dont know if i just live well in the city or not, havent tried it on a road test....i was thinking though if the quality deteriorates much i'll buy one of those "invisible" winshield antennas run it under the head-liner around the top of the car and splice it in to the main run....i'd probably get shortwave then

now i just have to figure out what to do with the other antenna....
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1999 contour SE comfort package zeeeetec VCT, that light blue colour from ford, just starting on mods...