[Antennas] Mobility Kit (hahaha)

[Bob Nielsen]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 2:16 PM, David S. McCallum wrote:

> 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

That is the AEA "Hot Rod" and it is 2 meters only (1/2 or 5/8  
wavelength, I forget which), but might perform reasonably elsewhere.   
I have one, but haven't used it in a while.  It is much better than a  
rubber duck.

73, Bob N7XY