Wires with a big coil in the middle is what I'm talking about. I guess
this is a semantics thing. I can't get used to calling it a choke cause
in fixed station if we wanted to change freq that much we went out and
threw up another 3 curtain full wave Rhombic. You mobile guys are
strange, you want one antenna to do it all.

Ron

Just can't figure out how to get a Rhombic on a sailboat. We don't expect
one antenna to do it all. I have separate antennas for HF, VHF, TV, GPS,
WX SAT, DGPS, FM, HAM VHF, HAM UHF. If only a single antenna
could do it all.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

"Ron Thornton" wrote in message
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Wires with a big coil in the middle is what I'm talking about. I guess
this is a semantics thing. I can't get used to calling it a choke cause
in fixed station if we wanted to change freq that much we went out and
threw up another 3 curtain full wave Rhombic. You mobile guys are
strange, you want one antenna to do it all.

Ron

In article ,
(Ron Thornton) wrote:

Wires with a big coil in the middle is what I'm talking about. I guess
this is a semantics thing. I can't get used to calling it a choke cause
in fixed station if we wanted to change freq that much we went out and
threw up another 3 curtain full wave Rhombic. You mobile guys are
strange, you want one antenna to do it all.

Ron


Ron, on a vessel, you ostly only have room for one antenna.....


Bruce in alaska
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add a 2 before @

I have five on my 26 foot sail boat. Marine VHF on the stern, Amateur on
the port spreader, TV on the starboard spreader, A scanner and a GPS on the
mast head.
One Ground in a square foot of copper clad on the keel. (Salt water sailor
only)



"Bruce in Alaska" wrote
(Ron Thornton) wrote:
Wires with a big coil in the middle is what I'm talking about. I guess
this is a semantics thing. I can't get used to calling it a choke cause
in fixed station if we wanted to change freq that much we went out and
threw up another 3 curtain full wave Rhombic. You mobile guys are
strange, you want one antenna to do it all.
Ron

Ron, on a vessel, you ostly only have room for one antenna.....

"Roger Gt" wrote in message
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I have five on my 26 foot sail boat. Marine VHF on the stern, Amateur on
the port spreader, TV on the starboard spreader, A scanner and a GPS on the
mast head.
One Ground in a square foot of copper clad on the keel. (Salt water sailor
only)



"Bruce in Alaska" wrote
(Ron Thornton) wrote:
Wires with a big coil in the middle is what I'm talking about. I guess
this is a semantics thing. I can't get used to calling it a choke cause
in fixed station if we wanted to change freq that much we went out and
threw up another 3 curtain full wave Rhombic. You mobile guys are
strange, you want one antenna to do it all.
Ron

Ron, on a vessel, you ostly only have room for one antenna.....

"Roger Gt" wrote in message
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I have five on my 26 foot sail boat. Marine VHF on the stern, Amateur on
the port spreader, TV on the starboard spreader, A scanner and a GPS on the
mast head.

Why would one mount a gps antenna on the masthead? Wouldn't the normal roll
of the boat cause that antenna to travel several feet and cause the position to
change
on each cycle? I would think rail or arch mounted would be more stable. Ours is
mounted
in the overhead of the pilot house in the opening for the sliding hatch, which
is lexan.

Leanne
S/V Fundy

Sorry I miss-spoke.
GPS on the cabin roof.
Scanner on the Mast head.

"Leanne" wrote in message
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"Roger Gt" wrote in message
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I have five on my 26 foot sail boat. Marine VHF on the stern, Amateur
on
the port spreader, TV on the starboard spreader, A scanner and a GPS on
the
mast head.

Why would one mount a gps antenna on the masthead? Wouldn't the normal
roll
of the boat cause that antenna to travel several feet and cause the
position to
change
on each cycle? I would think rail or arch mounted would be more stable.
Ours is
mounted
in the overhead of the pilot house in the opening for the sliding hatch,
which
is lexan.

Leanne
S/V Fundy

Roger Gt wrote:

One Ground in a square foot of copper clad on the keel. (Salt water sailor
only)

I guess the big steel/iron ballast keel (couple of thousand
pounds AIUI) on bottom of my Westerly would make a 'good' RF
ground? Connect to SS keel bolt/s accessible in bilge. Taking
other precautions for elctrolysis and/or 'ground' currents from
shore power?
Terry.