I've heard its still pretty good. I lost nothing with my CX-7 antenna, but I just picked up a sharkfin from a member today and should have installed pics within the week.
i ran it up the passenger side rear pillar to the roof and took out the nut that holds the stock antenna and dremeled a little extra slot in the hole that is there so there is room for the wire. i also had to break the spot welds that hold the toothed section of the nut to the actual nut so they didn't spin when putting it back on cause that would have cut the wire.
I almost bought a shorty antenna because the protege one is SO long...then I realized it's retractable...so I just have it pushed in all the way now haha.