Review on Enhanced Performance Tram VHF Marine Antenna for Reliable Marine Communication by Johnathan Sherman

Have bought these for various boats over the past 10 years. I use it on a pontoon boat and don't like attaching the stainless steel bracket directly to the boat's aluminum railing (other metals will corrode) so I usually find a thin piece of rubber to isolate the metals and use zip ties to secure it to the railing. I know it sounds ghetto, but wherever I can keep stainless steel from coming into contact with aluminum I do it, and usually with zip ties if they can handle it. These are the cheapest VHF antennas I can find and seem to work well. When we have problems with our radios, we usually replace the antenna first as they are very cheap. I'll probably buy another one in a bit just to have on hand. Oh I'm in 33ppm seawater and these are holding up well. There is some rust film on my 2 year old antenna (just small brown spots). Nothing special and nothing that would cause rust spots or limescale deposits.