Turn power antenna into manual antenna?, is it possible? Options

[A_N_T_H_O_N_Y]

My power antenna on my car is broken, it was like that when I bought it. Right now, it is stuck in the fully extended position, but I still get good reception. It hate how it looks all the way up, especially since I rarely listen to radio. I have tried forcing it down, with no luck. My question is, is there any way that I could take out the mast or whatever from the inside, so that when I'm not listening to the radio, the antenna can be down, and on the rare occasion that I do need to listen to the radio, I can get out of my car and manually extend the antenna? What do you guys think?

[SwissFerdi]

A faulty wiring job wouldn't interfere with it not working at all. What you should do is pull off the trim in the trunk and check the motor yourself. If anything, the power plug on the bottom might have been disconnected while the antenna was extended, and that's why it doesn't retract. The wire itself might be damaged somehow as well.