Thoughts only on these 4 cheap antennas

IMHO, Francis is no tuning, Firestick requires tuning, don't know about the other 2.

 

All are good antennas,the longer ones are usually a better performer.

 

The skipshooter 5ft, Francis 4.5 ft, Wilson silver load antenna,5 ft, Firestik 5ft is the order I would rate them. I think the SS & Francis are best for you. But the only one that needs no tuning is the francis.

 

I like francis. Heard good things about wilson silver loads. Had bad luck trying to tune a 5ft firestick. And skipshotter just looks the same as the firestick to me. but they come in lots of pretty colors.

 

The Francis will suit you just fine for your setup. If you decide on the firestick then get the one with the tuneable tip rather then the cut to tune.

The Wilsons work great, but they must have had a bad batch because I had three that failed on me in a very short time frame (few months) The load wire was not soldered properly to the base and came apart. No I did not hit any trees etc.

 

There are two and maybe 3 different Firestick antenna's. The KW-5 is a five foot long, what I call original style, that you need to cut to tune. The FS-5 is a five foot long antenna that has a tuneable tip. Firestick may also have an antenna that is very flexible but I do not recall if it is available in 5 foot length.
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The 4 1/2 foot long Francis is model CB-25. They also make a 5 1/2 foot long antenna that is model CB-26.