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Old 03-18-2006, 03:56 PM
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Default Re: VHF Antenna Options

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There have been many report's over the year's that people have replaced their Shaky Speer with a Digital and got better, clearer reception.

Also lots of reports of Digitals snapping in rough water. Point is not to take regurgitated Internet reports too seriously. Common sense also says that you can't compare a $130 digital to a $30 Shakespeare - but you can compare it to a $130 Shakespeare.

FWIW, I understand that digital achieves a higher gain (which they are happy to boast about), but at the expense of a better radiation/reception pattern (which they don't tell you).

I'm pretty sure though that in real life you won't be able to tell the difference between the two brands.
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