[Antennas] Mobility Kit (hahaha)

[DavidE Benedict]

w7sac at juno.com writes:
>Hey gang I was going through my hurricane evac. box and ran across my old
>AEA (think that was the name of the company) telescoping antenna that I
>bought years a go in Seattle. It has a red heat shrink wrapped around a
>what looks like coil at the base and the letters AEA in white on Red Heat
>Shrink. It is about 9" long and telescopes to about 40" and has a bnc
>connector on the end and I have a SMA adapter on it. What I'm wondering
>is if any one has one or ever used one of these antennas and what band
>beside 2m 's it was designed to cover and if there was any instruction
>sheet available for it. Just wondering as it is a well built antenna and
>might keep it in my Mobility Kit. All inputs appreciate, Mac
>  
>David S. McCallum/USAF RET./CMSGT/W7SAC/4

It sounds exactly like one I have used for 2M only...I think that's the
only band it was set for...but maybe 440, too, I don't remember...

Been using it for many years. I think it was called a "Hot Rod". Thertte's
some logo printed on the heat shrink, but no lettering at all...it's
pretty worn off....

Works fine for me but have not made any comparison tests because I bought
it to replace the lost rubber ducky for my IC-22-TH.

David B.
W7DBH
Oregon