Thanks to all for the discussion. For the minimal effort and expense it
sounds like a good way to save a bit of transmit power.
Sorry about the reference to "coax". As I'm not very knowledgeable about
these things I couldn't really state what type of wire it was and just
guessed coax. Thanks for pointing out the correct wire to use. I don't
think my boat currently has this.

"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message
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The other day I was wandering around one of our marinas trying to steal
ideas from other boats and I came across an aluminum pilot-house sloop
that
may have come over from Europe. I noticed that the SSB coax was held away
from the backstay turnbuckle and wire by ~1 inch plastic spacers. I've
never seen this before and the previous owner didn't do it on my boat.
I've
been thinking of upgrading the ancient SSB system on my boat and was
wondering if these standoffs were something recommended.
Anyone know about these? Thanks
Gord