http://www.budgetmarine.com/pdf/108.pdf
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"Skip Gundlach" wrote in message
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| Howdy, y'all
|
| As most of you know, we're in an extensive refit. We're finally to
the
| point of addressing the stern of the boat. Most of you know we
added
| an arch, on which we've put wind and solar, satellite, gps and vhf
| antennas, davits, and other goodie-hangers.
|
| Our prior HF antenna location was about midway on the starboard
stern
| side, attached by a standoff to the stern rail, 24" up. Tuner is
very
| close to that location, being mounted on the side of the propane
| locker.
|
| As it turns out, my solar module frame is 1" tube and is in such a
| position as to allow the standoff from my whip to attach to it (much
| more support, of course, being 8' in the air, rather than 2' up,
like
| the rail was before). However, to make that work, I'd have to put
the
| whip centerline, or very close to it. The base would be right next
to
| the chain plate for the aft stay.
|
| The way I've got the aft entry, now, it's not a problem to do that
in
| convenience and use terms. The question is, given that it's
marginally
| closer (don't know that I'd change the end of the cable) to the
tuner,
| is that a good placement? There's no parallel metal anywhere
nearby;
| the closest angle is the back stay, going forward, and, 4'+ away,
the
| arch itself. Everything else is right angles.
|
| So, is that a good location for the whip? I'd expected to have to
put
| it very close to the side of the boat in order to keep it out of the
| way. That would put it close to the arch itself, and some
impediment
| to access to some stuff on that side.
|
| Thanks for any informed opinions :{))
|
| L8R
|
| Skip, refitting as fast as I can in the last two days aboard before
| surgery
|
| Morgan 461 #2
| SV Flying Pig
| http://tinyurl.com/384p2 - The vessel as Tehamana, as we bought her
|
| "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
you
| didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail
| away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
| Explore.
| Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain
|