VHF Radio Questions

[CoonyToon]

Good day to everyone, I have a couple of questions regarding choosing a VHF Antenna...

1. Are VHF antennas universal with the head units?

 

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2. Does anyone have suggestions on models and brand ... ?

 

I honestly have spent the majority of my time on the fingerlakes and have never really had a reason to get one but now I find myself in a much larger boat heading for bigger water and will need to replace a broken antenna on the new boat...

 

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[skipper19]

I had a flimsy 8 foot and it snapped in two from the wave action on Lake O. I replaced it with a Shakespeare 5225 XT 8 foot and have never had any trouble in the past 7 years with it. Pretty robust for all the abuse mine takes. It will fit any standard mount for a VHF.
The only thing different in terms of frequency would be if you had one of the AIS radios that broadcast your vessel ID. Then you would need an AIS wide band antenna to work the most efficient.
I would recommend the Shakespeare products.

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