📡 5215 VHF Low-Profile Stainless Steel Antenna by Shakespeare - 36-Inch Review

One of the best antennas. I was 26 miles from the village and STILL able to hear and transmit on VHF with this antenna. I can pick up and deliver to a village 33 miles or more away.

Product appears to be well made and works fine when connected to my VHF cable. However if you are replacing a Metz mast antenna you must do so now as the Shakespearean body is longer than the Metz and may not fit in the space the Metz antenna occupies. It's just important to be prepared to find a workaround to move it somewhere else.

One of the best antennas. I was 26 miles from the village and STILL able to hear and transmit on VHF with this antenna. I can pick up and deliver to a village 33 miles or more away.

Installed on my 2001 Four Winns 180 ski boat. Works much better than I expected! This antenna says it's for sailboat masts, but let me tell you, even on the back deck of a ski boat its range is pretty damn good (a mate's radio picked me up 3 miles away at Lake Powell.

These are established VHF antennas. The 5215 has been around for a long time because it's a great antenna. This is the ideal antenna for a sailboat mast. You get about 10 years of this (what I got from the last 5215 that replaced this one) in a salt water environment. Not bad.

The product appears to be well made and works perfectly when connected to my VHF cable. However if you are replacing a Metz mast antenna you must do so now as the Shakespearean body is longer than the Metz and may not fit in the space the Metz antenna occupies. It's just important to be prepared to find a workaround to move it somewhere else.