Does ANYONE recognize this Antenna?

Does ANYONE know what kind of Antenna this might be???
It is 24" long, and mounts on a Stud.... It is Loose Helically Wound from the Bottom up to about 14", and then very tightly Helically Wound on the Top 10"... I go this in the Box with the TS-480HX Radio along with a bunch of other Shack Sweepings... Could it be a Six Meter Shortened Whip of some sort? Does anyone recognize it, and who is the OEM? Inquiring Minds sure would like to know?

 

i got a Super Trucker CB Antenna for the White Toyota 4X4 Pickup Truck already, so i was hoping it was a 6 Meter Loaded Whip... I could use one of those.. Guess i will have to get out the Grid Dip Meter, and go Old School...

 

Somewhat as an aside, firesticks obviously do NOT work at all well singly without a ground plane to work against. In the bad old days of trucker's CB, you would see firesticks (and often other flavors) mounted outboard on both mirror mounts. Conveniently, the mirror mounts were pretty close to a quarter of a CB wavelength apart, so if they were "balanced" with identical length feed lines, they behaved like a dipole and produced a decent omni pattern without needing a ground. (Also got around the nuisance value of the trailer.) (Or at least that was the published reason that they worked that way.)

 

Well, Thank you all for the Replys... i will find my GridDip Meter and see what it says, and let you know...

Ok, after some testing, AND, some research, the Antenna in question, is CONFIRMED to be a FireStick CB Antenna... Dang... Oh well, now to see if i can prune it for 6 Meters..

 

i have one of the great Super KW Trucker Antennas already for the White Toyota 4X4 Pickup Truck, and i have a Scewdriver Antenna HF Mobile Antenna that i just need to go pick up, so 6 Meters is all i need, now... I am sorry that i can not find my pictures of the White Toyota 4X4 Pickup Truck and the Radio installations, and Antennas... I thought i posted them on here but apparently i did not... or at least i can not find them.. I will. take more in April, the next time i go on vacation...