Shakespeare Masthead Squat Body Antenna - 5215-AIS

The Shakespeare 5215 Squatty Body® AIS Marine Antenna is a favorite with sailboat owners, because this 3', lightweight, low profile, stainless steel antenna is specially designed for masthead mounting. This is the AIS version of their longtime favorite, the 5215, because it's the same light weight, low-profile, stainless steel antenna but built with extra bandwidth for all popular AIS transceivers.

Features:

• For AIS bandwidth applications
• Designed specifically for AIS transceivers
• Best application: Sailboats
• Hermetically sealed, tin-plated copper wire coil
• Stainless steel body and whip
• SO-239 connector included ( cable sold separately)
• One section antenna
• Tin-plated, copper wire coil is housed in a sealed, chrome-plated brass canister that minimizes troublesome de-tuning associated with plastic canisters
• Shakespeare limited warranty: 2 Years
• Stainless steel L-shaped bracket supplied for mounting

Specifications:

• Frequency: VHF marine band
• Bandwidth: 7 MHz
• SWR: 1.5:1 @ 162 MHz
• Impedance: 50 ohm
• Gain: 3 dB
• Max input: 50W
• DC ground: No
• Height: 3' (91 cm)
• Polarization: Vertical
• Radiation pattern: Omni-directional
• Half-wave
• End-fed
• Supplied with stainless steel "L" bracket and SO-239 connector
• Designed specifically to fit and be mounted with the supplied stainless steel "L" bracket and SO-239 connector