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Got my Mangowalk Stubby

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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by Shipkiller » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:50 pm

The external antenna is for AM only. FM uses several antennie locate around the body and a diverstiy amplifer to get the best FM signal, which is located next to the battery on the roadster. I usually listen to AM (talk radio) in the morning on the way to work. Now, with my stubby antenna, AM broadcasts suck... oh well, it looks good....
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by cj10jeeper » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:52 pm

Shipkiller wrote:The external antenna is for AM only. FM uses several antennie locate around the body and a diverstiy amplifer to get the best FM signal, which is located next to the battery on the roadster. I usually listen to AM (talk radio) in the morning on the way to work. Now, with my stubby antenna, AM broadcasts suck... oh well, it looks good....
That explains why my reception never deteriorated as only ever listen to FM. I didn't think anyone actually tuned into AM any longer (well not in the UK anyway) along with LW
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by Z4kma » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:55 pm

You're not a sports fan then ... Radio Five Live on 909 and 693 AM! :)
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by Rick Hunter » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:18 pm

For some strange reason, I kinda like the R/C look of the car with the aerial. :) But I swapped it to the Mangowalk shorty, and have nothing but praises for the thing. :thumbsup: The only warning to people who want this is (and I'm sure y'all are going to make fun of me again) that the tiny rubber-band rings will eventually dry and fall off as shown here:
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by cj10jeeper » Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:32 pm

Z4kma wrote:You're not a sports fan then ... Radio Five Live on 909 and 693 AM! :)
All my sport is live - if I ain't participating I ain't interested. My only exception to the rule being F1 where I will watch it on the TV
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by pvr » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:01 pm

cj10jeeper wrote:
Z4kma wrote:You're not a sports fan then ... Radio Five Live on 909 and 693 AM! :)
All my sport is live - if I ain't participating I ain't interested. My only exception to the rule being F1 where I will watch it on the TV
Not so sure about that last bit. Your MFSW writeup seems to imply a bit of F1 practise :wink:
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by cj10jeeper » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:12 pm

pvr wrote:
cj10jeeper wrote:
Z4kma wrote:You're not a sports fan then ... Radio Five Live on 909 and 693 AM! :)
All my sport is live - if I ain't participating I ain't interested. My only exception to the rule being F1 where I will watch it on the TV
Not so sure about that last bit. Your MFSW writeup seems to imply a bit of F1 practise :wink:

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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by pvr » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:18 pm

So out of interest - what made you go for an auto box?
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by srhutch » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm

ewans wrote:
gannet wrote:you can get them here: Mangowalk
thats a good price, i got one of ebay shipped from hongkong cost £25 all in!

you've got to wonder why they didn't just build the ariel into the windscreen and keep body lines nice and clean. Cost cutting or a lazy after throught?
There is also a FM anenna in the rear bumper, but there is obviously a reason why they added the rear external one.
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by Dogman » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:12 pm

I ordered one last night. How long do they take to arrive???

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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by gannet » Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:14 am

Ordered mine on the 31st Jan, Got the shipping notification on the 4th Feb and it arrived yesterday (14th Feb) :)

Now if only I had the car to put it on.... dealer still has it :(
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by rabman5 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:31 pm

So if I get one, how bad is AM reception? There is a program I enjoy when I'm in the car between 12-3pm. And yes, I'd rather hear my show than have the stubby.

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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by Jas667 » Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:28 pm

Does anyone know of anywhere else other than Ebay to get these? Due to massive problems I had with ebay in the past I cannot use the site anymore :(

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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by gannet » Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:32 pm

I couldnt find anywhere...
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Re: Got my Mangowalk Stubby

Post by Incompatible » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:44 am

Does anyone know if the stubby antenna affects the BMW Assist function?
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