Hey Caveman I don't know what you are mounting this on, but if you want cheap and better than them fiberglass sticks and you are mounting on a truck you may want to look into a 102 steel whip. that is about as cheap as you can get with performance but I still agress with everyone else the wilson are good antenna's. Also I have did testing on them and a monkey made, fatboy, or something in that range will still out perform a wilson but you will need to drill a hole in roof with them but they are around the same money as the wilson. So in the long run if you don't want to drill a hole in the foof the wilson will be the best route unless you go with the steel whip.