Back Whip antenna English Antena de látigo Spanish آنتن شلاقی Persian Piiska-antenni Finnish Antenne fouet French Ground-plane antenna Hungarian Antena pecut ID Antenna a stilo Italian Шулууны антен Mongolian 鞭状天线 Chinese
A whip antenna is the most common example of a monopole radio antenna. Technically, this means that instead of two antennae working together, either side-by-side, or forming a loop, one antenna is replaced. Whip antennas are used frequently in devices such as hand-held radios and mobile phones. Their name is derived from the flexible, whip-like motion they exhibit when struck.