Did you ever try to route copper tube through all the nooks and almost
inaccessible places that you have to run the foil in a boat in order to
connect the radio, antenna tuner, and dyna-plate? I can form a coat
hanger to stick through a small crack, tape it to the foil and pull the
foil through the crack. Can you do that with copper tube. Copper tube
may give the same surface area, but installation on most boats would be
a nightmare.
Kelton
s/v Isle Escape

Dave Morschhauser wrote:
All --

Please comment on the following:

What about using copper tubing as an RF ground connection? Since the
current flows on the surface, a tube seems to be the most space efficient
way to get a large surface area. PI*R seems to say that a 1" copper tube
would be as effective as a 3" or so copper foil.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Dave.

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