"terry" wrote

Thanks Lew. Yes the RG58 wil have a loss of about 3 Db along the
approx 50 feet from VHF to the mast head.

So buy a 100 ft put up of marine grade RG8 and split it with your dock
partner.

RG58 is pure garbage when it comes to a marine application.

Yes we toyed with idea of multi pole / multi throw switches but
opted
for simplicity. If/when sailing or motoring at night one is going to
check light by glancing up.

There is nothing quite so simple as cross wired switches.

People screw up.

Hard wired automation doesn't.

Absolutely prevents screw ups which is guarenteed to impress the
judge, if necessary.

Couple of switches doesn't cost that much.

Question: We have a strobe which can be mounted on top of the
aforementioned trilight/anchor light assembly to be on its own
separate switch and used rarely if ever.

Damn things are not legal as a sailing, forget about it.

Thanks for tip about running wires inside mast on a messenger.

More important to also do that with the RG8.

Lew