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Review Summary For : WishRing HH-9000
Reviews: 4MSRP: $39
Description:
WishRing HH-9000 10/6/2m/70cm High Gain Quad-band Mobile
Radio Antenna for Tyt Wouxun
Product is in production
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0040.8
VK3IU Rating: 2021-11-02
Dont buy Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
The antenna is a waste of time.
Cant get it to work with any OK SWR on 10m, 2m
Driving at a speed above 100km/h the antenna flips over.

Save you money
VK3BT Rating: 2021-01-02
Died on the third day of use Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I bought an HH-9000 for US$59.99 + tax from a different manufacturer Huahong Communication (HK) Ltd - sold on eBay. No mention of WishRing.

I did not use it with the supplied trunk mount or 12-feet of cable, as I needed to use it as a short-term base antenna while I figured out my permanent antenna solution. I had a Nagoya magnetic base mount, so I used it on the metal roof. Initially the SWR was fine on 51 MHz and 29.0 MHz - the only two bands of concern to me. I worked some countries, but on the third day, it rained while I was using it and have no idea if that had any bearing on it, but the SWR is now infinite. I eliminated everything from the equation, even going back to the original base and cable, but something has died inside it. Useless on all bands. I was hasty in giving the eBay seller a positive rating. The antenna looks very well built but I'll let it dry a few days to see if it works again.

I used 100 watts or less, being the limit of my FT-991A rig. The packing says "Power Rating 50/150W" with no clue as to the bands that applies to.

Don't bother with it.
G4VRR Rating: 2019-11-05
Save Your Folding Green. Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
This was an eBay purchase. eBay pulled the listing but it still arrived in good time from the East. This meant I couldn't leave feedback and couldn't contact the seller without jumping through a few flaming hoops. All wasted time that I'd never get back. As widely noted elsewhere, the fold over function is not secure when mobile. One segment wobbles in the over bored hole, so the single provided set screw is ineffectual. The adjustment on the top whip is insufficient and its clutch arrangement is flimsy (read: junk). One of the set screws in another segment was AWOL. I checked the plastic bag and the packaging. I didn't bother to establish the (metric?) thread because I found one in an old CB wally light that fitted fine, albeit too long. I soon found that grounding is paramount on 6M and 10M- forget about magnetic mounts because the capacitive coupling is insufficient. This is a ubiquitous case of plagiarising someone else's design just enough to make it look convincing in the online images. In the hand you soon notice the shortcomings compared to Diamond engineering. I have a three decades old triple 5/8 on 70 cms /+ 2x1/2 wave on 2M dual bander that knocks this miserable excuse into a cocked hat. Of course that doesn't "do" 6M or 10M but frankly neither does the HH-9000. Have I put you off yet?
W5MSV Rating: 2016-06-21
stay away Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
As I don't have any wouxan radios and not sure how it acts on them. I will let you know it gave high swr readings, and even with an antenna analyzer, we could not find a resonant frequency below a reading of 2.5. Slapped on the ole Diamond 8900 and readings were 1.2 across the most of the band.