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"purple_stars" wrote:

for those who use HF on their boat, i'm curious what antenna choices
you have made. did you go with an insulated backstay or something else
entirely ? how do you have it all set up on your boat ? i've read
that some people just hoist a wire up with some line and hook it to
their antenna tuner (with a ground of course). are you doing anything
more or less fancy ? if you're using an insulated backstay do you
trust the insulators to keep the mast up ? how much maintenance is
involved in your HF antenna setup ? i'm just curious in general what
solutions people have found since i'm researching it now.

thanks in advance.


Purple_stars, One word of advice on installations of MF/HF Marine
Antenna Systems aboard non-metal hulled vessels, It is the RF Ground
System that is the critical design element, NOT the antenna. Just about
anything will work for an antenna, if you have an excellent RF Ground
System. Coversely, if you have a Poor, or Nonexistant RF Ground System,
there is nothing you can do, or no amount of money you can spend, that
will make any antenna a good preformer. Anyone of the OLD Radiomen,
who actually learned their skills back in the Manual Tuner era of
Marine Electronics, will tell you, that a Good RF Ground is the place to
start.

Bruce in alaska one who actually liked the N555 Antenna Tuners
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