Cave man mentality

[rcouret]

I plan on buying a icom 402 in the next 2 weeks. Going on 22' cc bay boat. Fishing marsh and lakes in south Louisiana. I was going to put a 4' antenna by Digital. My fishing buddy says I need a 6' or better. I've seen good reviews on the Digital 4' and in my application I think it is a good match. Oh yeh, that is his rational on his opinoin..It's just "cave man mentality" on why you need bigger...it' all base on blah, blah, blah...At which point I'm lost. I realize that taller is better but at some point it must be an over kill. Your take?

[JPBass1]

Well it all depends on what kind of range you're looking for but in this case cave man mentality applies.......The bigger the better. 8 ft. will transmit further but if you don't need it then you don't need it.

I do some off shore occasionally and want all I can get out of it.

[chalkguy]

where are you planning to mount the antenna? console? t-top?

[rcouret]

On on top of console to one side.

[chalkguy]

if you're not going offshore I think a base loaded 3 or 4 ft antenna will be fine.....once you start in the longer antennas the transmission pattern becomes a bit more sporatic even tho you are getting a db gain with the longer sticks...