Here’s a picture showing the current Metz antenna coil alongside an 18 year old version of the same antenna which was, until very recently, at the masthead of an ocean going boat. Both have stainless steel bodies and the coil is packed in epoxy – indestructible, which is why Metz can give it a lifetime warrantee.
Alongside the Metz antennas is a picture sent to me by a reader – a non-stainless antenna that has succumbed to the marine environment. It clearly failed the test.
