On Dec 29, 2008, at 10:17 PM, Anthony Vece wrote:
> You better be certain that the SMA connecter will hold that weight!

I am. I've had this antenna on this radio, exclusively, for the better  
part of six months at least. The connector itself goes up maybe an  
inch, perhaps less, and the spring (which takes all the weight and  
helps absorb any force put on the antenna) sits right on there, with  
the telescoping part of the antenna next. This spring is something  
over an inch long, I'd say. Anyway, contrast this with the flexible  
antenna I had, which had the SMA connector and a very rigid and  
relatively heavy (relative to the rest of the antenna) bottom section  
a couple inches long. Absolutely no give there, and believe me, it's  
been way more of a problem than this Smiley antenna has. I may not be  
explaining how this thing is put together very well, but trust me on  
this, it's a very good design, mechanically speaking, in my opinion  
anyway.