Solarcon A99

Great CB antenna for multiple applications! Being a 1/2-wave antenna it's ideal for in valley work to talk locally to CB'ers around you. Base to mobile of up to 25 miles is possible. For HAM works, the low gain characteristics work well (With an antenna tuner.) on 10M, 12M, 15M, and 17M. In a pinch it can work on 20M, but don't expect to be a DX flame thrower there. And international shortwave reception is good as well, about 15MHz. A general coverage shortwave radio will come to life with this antenna to hear HAM's, military, marine mobile, INT broadcasters, broadcast auxiliaries, and even pirate stations. A good all around antenna!

I bought my A-99 in 1990 when they were still made by Antron and it's still in use today on an antenna switch with three transceivers and one SDR receiver. It's almost 2015 now and it's been in use for nearly 25 years and although a bit faded, still works as good now as it did when I bought it. A lot of people don't like these antenna's but my A-99 has worked great over the decades and will happily buy another one if and when this one stops working. I originally purchased the ground plane kit (GPK-1) along with it but saw no improvement and subsequently sold it a few months later to another eager radio op who swore by them.

have one 80 feet up in a pine tree in Alabama, it has been there for 20 years. never a problem, still has perfect swr. talks all over the world. guess I would buy another, if I ever wear this one out

I Have Owned Two In 15 Years and The First Had A Direct Short In It After 5 Years Of Being Up. The Second Spent alot Of Time In Storage and Has Been Up about 2 Years ans Suffers The Same Short That is Enough For Me Works Great Right Out Of The Box Dxed Northern RI To Mexico City Mexico On It But Has Some Trouble Holding Up Over Time.

this has been a gret antenna for me had it about 40 feet to the tip and a 2980 and dx350 and that was an awsome setup but about a month ago we got a bad wind storm and blew it down (the pipe broke not the ant.) now i need to get a new one and will probably be this again i would never be afraid of another one it is a great antenna for the price and i would recomend it to anyone any day