My fun with the "quad wounds - and "twin Tiger-Tail" types have been with the upper whip tip extension...
This thing...
Actually - two - the Ferrules...
Having owned several (yes several!) thru the years, they have not improved by much.
22AWG wire? Well, go to a store and just buy 8 feet of #6 AWG - you get the idea of how much weight in copper it will be on that fiberglass shaft, on top of the upper ferrules' weight and if not enough mass to dissipate your wattage - and you run power - you're going to be throwing your money away - the RF heating on these shorter antennas and their loading will not only deform the shrink wrap cover allowing water entry - but heat up the top Ferrule causing the fiberglass to epoxy resin bond to soften and collapse - making the antenna less rigid as heat is the biggest detriment to any fiberglass antenna.
Think thru the process, if your a truck driver - whipping winds and cross winds can easily force you to have a death grip on your steering wheel during heavy travel times - and with those winds comes ice, snow, rain - more wind and bugs, birds - bats - occasional tree limbs and maybe a stray homeless person trying to get insurance claims by trying to get skewered by your whip while he sits atop an abutment at the stop light waiting to mock you.
Ok, you get 4 wires - sleeved, amidst the shrink wrap and if dew from fog or ice from freezing rain has any say - it will try to re-fold your antenna while you watch it flail haphazardly being helpless as you drive thru the storm trying to get out - it may or may not make it - and even if it does - will your AT-6666 or Side-Mic
@Slowmover -Certified Galaxy withstand the SWR mis-match?
The thing is 4.5 feet great! But still a windsail catcher - so if you're into 70+ MPH Hammer lane activity - maybe something like a simpler base loaded whip might catch a little less H*ll on the highway as you drive thru Dallas - Los Angeles - New York or even cursing (
Gosh Darn It) - er, cruising (ahemn...) along the I-10 .
