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Antenna vendors to consider:

RECOMMENDED: The EXCELLENT Smiley Superstick antenna: (http://www.smileyantenna.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_31&products_id=51) - Order direct from the supplier.

ALF Enterprises http://www.ALFenterprises.com

A very popular telescoping antenna which works **excellently** (I know - I've used two of them since 1992!) with the WR-3 is the "Super-Stick II" 2-meter 5/8-wave made by Smiley Antenna Co., Inc. (408 La Cresta Heights Rd, El Cajon, CA 92021, USA). This great antenna is 10 section, 54-inches/138 cm in length fully extended, with a loading coil on its base for use with ham radio 2-meter hand-held radios or scanners, and it works great with the WR-3 as well, because the matching-coil is in series with the antenna (and not shunted to ground)! You can order it from ALF Enterprises, 18933 59th Ave NE, Suite 114, Arlington, VA 98223, (360) 403-4840, http://www.ALFenterprises.com for US$19.00 plus shipping via USPS and sales tax if applicable. Follow links in their website to amateur radio antennas (HT antennas).


GroveEnterprises, Inc. in North Carolina, USA: : Grove sells (for US$14.95 plus shipping cost) a 6 to approx. 30-inch telescoping whip that would seem to work good with the WR-3 except for it being shorter than the Firestick II. I've not tested out this antenna that also swivels, but it would work for its intended application for handheld scanners and two-way radio units that use a BNC jack, and so if you have such radios, it would work great and also double as your WR-3 antenna.

Amateur Electronic Supply, Inc. - www.aesham.com


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More when I find them... thanks! Steve McGreevy,. N6NKS, 01 August 2006.