Got NeXT 3 weeks ago, LF is dead. Options?

I’ve had my now ‘old’ xEM for like 9 years now and can never get my pm3 to read the thing. I’ve stopped really trying. I don’t have anything that uses it so it’s just sitting never used 9 years later in my hand. Maybe I’d find a reason to use it if I could read it but those small antenna are hard to use!