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Originally Posted by robinshack
Were the grey aerials plastic enclosed up the whip as well? I bought some in the mid 70s that were. They claimed 4dB gain due to the siver plated wire within the plastic whip section! I think they first sold them as direct outlet at rallies where two guys had a stand exhibiting them.
I keep thinking of the brand Antex, but that is the soldering iron.
Not to be confused with Bantex, that Garex used to sell.
Maybe the name was Antec?
Can't remember, it is a long time ago.
Rob
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No, the Ray Withers antennas [and the Antenna Specialists ASP393 version] had a tapered stainless-steel whip.
I still have a few of the base-load coils, and associated magmounts/trunk-lip-mounts, see attached.
The ones I remember that were entirely grey-plastic-coated all along the whip were made by Panorama.
The Antenna Specialists design also appeared in a CB version - see here:
https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...6&d=1504555029 Ray Withers sold a clone of them too!