I always liked a whip. I've tried to find the military style 'S' clips to hold an antenna whip down. You would clip upper clip in the bush so if antenna gets caught on a branch it pulls off and breaks away. In city(MOUT) you clip under so antenna cannot accidentally come loose and catch a power line. I always thought that was clever. You would get a serious reprimand in the bush with using an under clip(Potential to break the whip) or over clip mount on highway(potential for catching a power line). If you broke a whip in the bush you had some splainning to do!! Always looked for a civilian equivalent but never found one. Here's a pic below.
I stayed clear of this thread because I knew it would make me want a vintage CB, yet here I am... I want!
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