Hi.

I'm not sure who made the antenna, but I have an "extended duck" antenna 
for my HT that is a slightly shortened quarter wave on 2 meters and a 5/8 
wave on 70 cm.  It works much better than the stock antenna for my Icom 
IC-T7H, and it is very durable.  It is a heavier antenna than the long 
cat's whisker antennas, but I actually like the heavier antennas better 
than the cat's whisker antennas.

While one might think that the cat's whisker antenna would put less strain 
on the connector on the radio, the opposite seems to be true--because these 
antennas are so flexible, they are constantly bobbing around and putting 
leverage on the connector.  After having had a couple of BNC's break loose 
from the radio, I stopped using them.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 08:24 AM 5/24/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone;
>
>I want to get an after market antenna for my W32A.
>
>It needs to have a bnc connecter.
>
>Does anyone have any recommendations?
>
>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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