John H. wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:00:11 -0400, HK wrote:

HK wrote:
John H. wrote:
With the new Key West, I'm getting a bimini. The wife didn't think the
t-top would give enough sun protection.

In one of the shots of your boat, Harry, it appeared that you have the 8'
antenna folded down, although it could have been a 5'er I guess. In any
case, what do you have, and does it interfere with the bimini?

Anyone - Is the performance of the 5' antenna seriously below that of the
8'er?

I haven't noticed any difference on the Bay with my five-footer. (I was
going to go with an eight-footer, but decided I wanted one that would
fit under the bimini). Only used it a couple of times, but "raised"
other boats maybe 10 miles away, and of course, no problems hearing or
raising the CG with its high land towers.

Whoops...my antenna is a 3' unit, not a five-foot unit. It was
positioned to just clear the bimini. Works fine. I lower it when I put
the cover on the boat.

The three footer sounds even better. Post a pic when you get a chance.


Whoops. Could have done that this am, since I just towed the boat back
from Cobb Island. Saw a Key West dealer near there, stopped in to see
what all the fuss was about. This is the dealer in Maryland on Route 301
about two miles north of the Potomac River bridge.