Laser Engraved GRA-7350TC 3/8-24 3/8" x24 CB HF 3.5MHz 7-30MHz/50MHz Broadband Telescopic Portable Ham Amateur Mobile Radio Antenna

Well made, pleased

Great little antenna, does the job and is easy to transport around. Perfect for portable operation etc.

This is way overpriced for what it is. Not actually tried it. Performance could be ok! W9UCW published a two part article in 2014 about mobile antennas with low Q. His theory is the length to diameter ratio does not make a real world difference. He mentions an old antenna webster bandspanner. It looks like this is based on that. Not sure if that was the first screwdriver antenna? So my problem with it is the thread on the telescopic. If you damage that its the end of the antenna. The thread is M10 1mm female. Most of the M10 telescopics are M10 1.5mm. I can't find an adapter for this. The telescopic is way too thin. The one that comes with the JPC-12 is better but that will not fit this! Regardless this is very expensive for a loading coil and a very poor telescopic. Would expect signals to be maybe several points down and that's ok if using 100w. But if you only have 20w would look for something else maybe JPC-12 or MC-750. A 5m telescopic with a base loading coil works ok on 40m and full size 20-10m. On the one I was sent the writing on the scale is missing part of the numbers. Not engraved at all just painted!