Like many archers, I am a pack rat and have equipment dating back to when I first got serious about archery in 1987. Through the years I have recycled, given away, reused, modified, destroyed, thrown away and reinvented uncountable different pieces of my personal archery history. I thought it would be fun to share some of these good and not-so-good ideas. If you would like to contribute to the collection, email your submissions to mike@archeryreport.com.
Arrow Shaft Antenna: Years ago I put an archaic tape deck and radio combo in my garage shop to liven up my work experience. However, the reception was always horrible and I was reluctant to risk putting any of my “vintage” 80s rock tapes into it for fear of ruining a part of rock history. I ended up just dealing with cruddy radio reception for years. Then one day I was going through an old box of arrow shafts and found a 2312 XX78 with out uni-bushing and it looked to have about the same inside diameter as the outside diameter of a radio antenna. After a quick install onto the radio, great reception was had instantly. It didn’t even matter what the orientation was of the arrow-antenna, it work marvelously!
A few weeks ago in the frigid Colorado weather we’ve been having, I picked up a chunk of ice that had accumulated on my wife’s van and haphazardly tossed it into the snow bank behind my 4Runner. Unfortunately, I clipped the top of the antenna which resulted in bending and creasing it near the base. It was impossible to bend back without breaking it, so back to my box of arrow shafts I went. This time I found another 2312 shaft that had no point nor uni-bushing, but still had green and black feathers that would go nicely with my green 4Runner. The result: the best reception I’ve ever had in this vehicle!
Other posts you may enjoy:
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- Fact or Fiction: Cutting Arrows From Both Ends
- Archery Tips 6 – Grocery Bags and Bushings/Pin Nocks
- Ripshot, F.A.S.T and warm(er) weather
- Review: Carbon Express PileDriver Shafts and Arrows
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I like the car antenna!
The antenna is still there and working great!
Does the aluminum actually help reception in both cases… really??!?
It does, and quite well! The problem with aluminum antennas (from a commercial standpoint) is that they are inherently weaker. However, for my case neither antenna is raised or lowered, or even moved hardly at all so they perform satisfactorily.