Thread: Alternative AM/FM antenna choices

I have a ZCG one on the Bull Bar and a cheap ebay booster plugged in to the radio

I think I have a ZCG on the front bar as well...didn’t know booster were available.

My wife would prefer no antennas on the front bar...

I think it would be tricky installing a telescopic one into your guard although I have no idea what the inside of a D2 guard looks like.

Can't help with experience, as the AM/FM aerial on my D1 works fine.
But I fitted a DAB+ capable head unit and had some trouble with the DAB side of the radio.
Antenna that came with it wasn't working so good, and later I found that the coax cable got jammed between a metal mount under the dash, and had stripped itself to pieces as well.

So I end up getting a Mobile One DAB capable antenna with an appropriate SMA connection for the head unit.
Bull bar mounted, and works well.

Note that Mobile One was recently sold to a company called Rojone(antenna specialist as well), so any search for Mobile One will direct you to Rojone now.

For your purposes tho, you say you don't want a bullbar mount, but what about a bullbar mount antenna type, but mounted on the read door instead. I'd say a 1m antenna should do the trick for reception.
For mounting you'd be best off mounting the base to an L bracket behind the spare, and onto the spare holder.

GME have a nice looking AM/FM antenna. AEM3.

Once tried to use a glass mount AM/FM antenna with very little joy(to a SAAB )
Won't go down that path ever again after that experience.

I have a Mobile One AM/FM whip (looks like a CB antenna) on a "Z" mount on the guard (matches the ham radio one on the other side). Made a huge difference, no booster fitted.