I like the Iron Horse antennas for mobile work because it is easy to
break them down for storage. You can leave the whip portion set to the
proper length since it's held in place by a set screw in an easily
removable fitting (just requires fingers or pliers). The Hamsticks work
well, but to break them down you need to loosen the setscrew with a
greater chance of losing it and the necessity to reset the length when
you re-assemble the Antenna.

73 de Al,

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Randy wrote:
What Brand would you recommend and why?
Brands include:

Quickstick from Quicksilver Radio
Lakeview
MFJ
Valor/Proam

Any real world experiences with any of the above antenna's.

The "hamstick" would be used for a NVIS ARES emergency dipole on 75m
and 40m. And yes, I know about the bandwith and effeciency. This
would be a temp, portable, emergency antenna.

Randy ka4nma