Stealth Marine Antenna reviews?
Submitted by Rig on Mon, 2012-09-03 08:11
Hi Crew
I want to run a few antenna's on my boat I have 27meg, AM/Fm radio and am looking to get a VHF in the future. At the moment I am running my radio and 27meg off the same antenna via a splitter box and find the reception to be average when both are plugged in.
As a solution and so I dont have 3 antennas I was thinking of keeping the 27 meg on its own antenna and when I get a VHF intall its own antenna and use one of these stealth antennas for my am/fm radio
http://www.nofrillscaraudio.com.au/axis-ma1-marine-stealth-antenna
Has anybody had any experience with these? They are cheap enough just to buy one and see what happens but I thought I would ask first
cheers
carnarvonite
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Stand alone
My preference would be for each radio to have its own antenna rather than shared just in case you get in to trouble.
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scottnofish
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have one on mine
and get good reception 40 ks out
Rig
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antenna
Agree 100% canarvonite and thats why I want to seperate my am/fm from the 27meg. So I can just run the 2 mast antennas individually for 27meg and VHF then just have the stealth one along my dash out of the way.
Thanks for confirming Scottnofish that they work
Perfish
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Rig,Stand-alone antenna
Rig,
Stand-alone antenna are best from my perspective - reduces the chance of interference and damage!
Have you thought of the simple option of using your boat (or fittings) for the FM/AM antenna? I've got mine connected to the bowrail (fibre boat/ss bowrail) and it works a treat. Means I only have 2 antenna sticking up. It's as simple as striping back the coax and clamping between a washer and the through-hull nut/bolt from the bowrail. Equally you could use your rocket launcher or similar.
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Rig
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Interesting
I haven't heard of that, my whole boat is ali. Does that make a difference to stainless??
Perfish
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Rig,I'm not sure - I've
Rig,
I'm not sure - I've always had fibre boats with stainless fittings so never had to worry about it
I guess you could try and if it doesn't work add the extra antenna later. Others here might have an opinion/experience with similar on ali boats.
Man with line in water catches fish!
You only get what you always got if you only do what you've always done!
carnarvonite
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Electrolisis
Hooking it up to your ali boat is like inviting electrolisis to a huge feast. Creating an electrical circuit through the hull is something to be avoided at all costs.
Rig
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Electrolysis
Yep I was thinking that might have been the case