Review on 📡 The Survival Antenna: Enhance Your Portable Handheld or Vehicle Ham Radio for Survival Situations with the Right Adapter for Your Radio - SMA Female Compatible with Wouxum, Any Tone, and Baofeng Radios by Jonathan Clark

This antenna performs well for its intended purpose as an easy to deploy field antenna that extends the range of a 2m HT radio beyond a standard rubber boot antenna. I was thinking of using the antenna along with a 20ft Shakespeare Wonderpole to use ARES. Installed this way, the performance is comparable to my existing copper J antenna that I use as a fixed mount at home... and you don't need wood. Another possible use for the antenna is to run it in 5-foot Schedule 40 PVC pipe to create a rigid, protected vertical antenna that can be mounted to a pole or mast with a pair of hose clamps rod can be attached. Use a pair of pressed PVC connectors drilled top and bottom for the parachute line and coax cable to complete the antenna. I also made one of these and plan to use it for ARES or Field Day. Also, the customer service was excellent. Addendum: Instead of using grade 40 PVC pipe, which is heavy-wall PVC, I've decided it's better to use 200 psi pipe, which is light-wall PVC pipe. Both are available from Lowes.