walleyes4me
07-05-2004, 06:01 AM
Purchased a Apelco 5200 marine radio. It came with a 8' antenna, Raytheon DB-12C,156-163 Mhz. Is this antenna okay, or is there a better one.
Thanks
Smitty
07-05-2004, 07:32 AM
Since VHF is a "line of sight" technology, size does matter as it comes to antennas. I'm sure the one you have will be fine, and equally as sure if you wanted to spend some $$ there are higher end models out there. I don't have your specific antenna, but just bought a similar "middle of the road" 8' antenna and it works fine for me.