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I have two problems with a screwdriver antenna:
1) Difficult to mount, unless you use a license plate mount or trailer hitch mount. I don't have a trailer hitch so the license plate mount would do me. But you need a rigid, robust mount to handle a screwdriver.
2) Winter is hell on a screwdriver. We have cold winters up here which screws up the motors, and we also have road salts and calcium to contend with which will rot out a screwdriver over the winter.

So that leaves Ham Sticks, or a Hustler system, or if you can find one a Webster Band spanner.

I'm currently running a Hustler system with my Yaesu 857D.

[QUOTE="VA3ES, post: 389993, member: 15532"] I have two problems with a screwdriver antenna: 1) Difficult to mount, unless you use a license plate mount or trailer hitch mount. I don't have a trailer hitch so the license plate mount would do me. But you need a rigid, robust mount to handle a screwdriver. 2) Winter is hell on a screwdriver. We have cold winters up here which screws up the motors, and we also have road salts and calcium to contend with which will rot out a screwdriver over the winter. So that leaves Ham Sticks, or a Hustler system, or if you can find one a Webster Band spanner. I'm currently running a Hustler system with my Yaesu 857D. [/QUOTE]

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