Clipped contact whip and flex antenna assembly for a device

An antenna assembly for a portable device comprising:

• a nonconductive base;
• a conductive bushing held within a lower end of said base;
• a flex antenna wrapped around said base, said flex antenna including a trace having substantially all of its length disposed around an upper end of said base axially away from said conductive bushing and terminating in a flexible end contact that extends over said bushing;
• a whip antenna extending through said nonconductive base, said whip antenna including a nonconductive extension extending from a top end thereof and a lower contact;
• and
• means for electrically connecting said trace and said bushing to an exposed contact and for electrically connecting said whip to said exposed contact through said bushing when said whip antenna is extended relative to said base.

A portable communication device comprising:

• a nonconductive base;
• a conductive bushing held within a lower end of said base;
• a flex antenna wrapped around said base, said flex antenna including a trace having substantially all of its length disposed around an upper end of said base axially away from said conductive bushing and terminating in a flexible end contact that extends over said bushing;
• a conductive mechanism engaging said conductive bushing and pressing said flexible end contact against said bushing, said conductive mechanism having an exposed elongated contact;
• and
• a whip antenna extending through said nonconductive base, said whip antenna including a nonconductive extension extending from a top end thereof and a lower contact for electrically contacting said bushing when said whip antenna is extended relative to said base;
• and
• circuitry coupled to the elongated contact for processing signals from said elongated antenna and said flex antenna.