It is, here in Eastern Canada anyway, a three season antenna. I doubt the ground spike would last very long being banged into the frozen ground at -30C around here.
The antenna is supposed to work on 40, 20, 17, 15, and 10m. While I have not been able to test it yet myself, there are plenty of Youtube videos out there showing how it is used and its good performance. It comes in a very nice case, and is built very solidly and looks and feels to be of a high quality. My only issue is that it does not use the now standard 3/8x24 thread. Instead it uses whatever thread the hams in China use - so I can not use my Buddipole parts and coils to "experiment" with it.
I will be the first to admit that the so-called "manual" is an absolute joke. It's written in a form of quasi-English used by nobody in particular, on a deserted island, in the West Pacific. It also has a few pages written in Chinese. The first time I use it will be spent with my analyzer trying to figure out the coil and whip setting for the various bands....I have looked on line to see if anyone has already done this, but have found nothing.
Given the weather we are currently having here ( -35C here today ), it will be a while before I can get it out into the field and test it.
Here are some pictures of it in the case:
Check out DX Engineering's website. They sell a very similar antenna with instructions done in English.
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