On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:53:07 +0000, Larry wrote:


Again, Thanks for this Larry.
I shall do this also, tomorrow morning. It is only a matter of moving
it down.

The one that got hit just vapourised. The replacement I took off here
to paint the mast - it was one of those clamp in wire ones. Spent two
hours hunting for it and decided that it was cheaper to buy a new one.

cheers
Peter
Peter Hendra wrote in
:

Ocean mind you - was the VHF aerial. the question is - does the damned
thing act as a lightning attractor as it is the highest thing there?



Yes, it will. But, that's the best place for the best VHF coverage,
unfortunately. Our main antenna got hit, so I moved both of the VHF
antennas to an L bracket in the shadow of the shrouds down the side of the
mast a ways. The VHF antennas are about 4' down the mast, out away from it
about 24 inches between the mast and the shroud, sorta centered. It's
always a compromise, but it seems to work as well there as it did on top,
exposed to the blast. VHF only has to reach to the horizon, you know, as
it's incapable of going further than that radio horizon just over the
visual one. If it meets that requirement, it's fine.



Larry