Pacific PA6031 Seamaster

price: £78.55

The Seamaster antenna is an eightsection stainless steel telescopic tube, giving a length of just under 1m. This is then mounted on a short circular plastic tube base. Attachment is through two Velcro straps set 35mm apart. It comes packed in a translucent, waterresistant tube with a push-fit closure cap. Three different ‘Fastfit’ connectors are provided: PL259, BNC and SMA. Comes with 5m of coaxial cable.

The Velcro straps provided were not the easiest to attach to a pole because of their close proximity. It’s important that the antenna must be fully extended for effective use, but it’s not as robust as the short helical coils. On test, this had the best reception at the 4NM range.