Defective antenna.. bad wiring

Was excited to get this antenna to replace the rubber duck antenna and use in the car but this thing was a piece of junk when I received it. Could barely pick up a NOAA station and only when moving the wire around. Both the antenna and the connector were faulty. I get the NOAA station just fine with the rubber duck but when I used the connector between the radio and rubber ducks could only very rarely get the station and by moving stuff around. Same goes for the antenna itself when used without the connector. Could still barely get the NOAA station leading me to think both pieces were junk and had back connections.

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