I have a Radio Shack discone antenna for my Uniden BC92XLT and it does a great job at receiving brodcasts but I have heard people complain about them falling apart and I paid nearly 75$ for it. I live in southern Ohio and can normal snowfall cause the elements to snap off? I just installed this antenna last June. We also don't get very many ice storms here that often but the last one we have caused us to lose power for over a week back in 2003.