New Terry-Built 55r4 Antenna

This is the shaft of my new 55r4 antenna made by Terry out of FL. This shaft with a Radio Shack 102" stainless steel whip make the entire antenna. When I spoke to Terry on the phone he said to cut the RS 102 so it was 70" long and tune from there. Nice to get it a day early too :)

If you are interested in purchasing one of this antenna's in this size or others, come to www.MaulDroppers.com and ask !!

Thanks again Terry

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[azmann30]

how much did the antenna cost??

[stresstest]

@azmann30

$80 shipped. You have to go to radio shack and get a steel whip (102 inch) and use it for the antenna after you cut the bottom off of it

[slamdvw]

Any comparison to a standard 102" whip?

[stresstest]

@slamdvw

well.. a 102" whip isn't a 1/4 wave antenna till you put another 6"s on it by using a spring. It cant be tuned without cutting off the static ball on the end and it hits everything when mounted on the top of your truck as I have this one mounted.

So basically when I went from the 102 to this antenna as I did, I was very pleased. Great ears and transmit.

[bm51879]

i wonder how good that would work as a base antenna

[stresstest]

@bm51879

Probably not good at all. It wasn't designed for that application

[oilfield01trash01]

@stresstest

How would I go about gettin in touch with the man who builds these antennas

Thanks

[stresstest]

@hotrod197391

it tuned very nicely. It is very broad banded and will stay under 1.3:1 for over 200 channels. 1-40 and it barely moved the MFJ antenna analyzer at all.

[hotrod197391]

nice antenna. did ya get it tuned up. if so how good does it work.

thinking bout this one myself