radio shack mobile scanner antenna glass mount help!

[hunter9396]

i have a moblie scanner and i use a radio shack moblie scanner antenna and it works great but recently the transmission was stracthy soo i looked at the antenna and the tip of the antenna is missing a lil cap. do you think that can effect the radio reciving transmission scratchy?

 

[W8RMH]

That little cap is just so you don't poke your eye out. It would not affect reception. Things that could - moisture, corrosion, loose connectors, or the cable getting pinched.

 

[RadioDaze]

The same thing that caused it to lose its cap may have also loosened the mount.