Whip antenna assembly exhibiting increased durability

The antenna comprising:

• a first closely wound coil spring member of electrically conductive material having opposed ends and exhibiting a first predetermined length, one end of said first member being designated the feedpoint of said antenna, said first spring member being wound in one of clockwise and counter-clockwise directions as viewed from said antenna feedpoint;
• a second closely wound coil spring member having opposed ends and exhibiting a second predetermined length substantially less than said first predetermined length, said second spring member being wound around a portion of said first member adjacent said feedpoint in the remaining direction of said clockwise and counter-clockwise directions such that said second spring member is fixedly anchored to said first spring member;
• a substantially cylindroidal housing of metallic material having opposed ends;
• first and second electrically insulative members situated at the opposite ends of said housing, respectively, said first and second insulative members each having an aperture therein, each aperture being situated on a common axis located running through respective centers of said opposed ends, each aperture exhibiting a diameter sufficient to accommodate said first spring member therein and sufficiently small to captivate said second member within said housing, the end of said housing away from said feedpoint being crimped toward said common axis to hold said first and second spring members and said first and second electrically insulative members in place within said housing.