SGC has always maintained that the coupler/tuner should be mounted as
close to the base of the antenna as possible. Links:

http://www.sgcworld.com/support/golden_rules.htm
http://www.sgcworld.com/ftp/Books/SG230Man.pdf (pages 10, 41)

You are right in that the antenna starts at the tuner. With the all
RF generated every time you key the mic, that is precisely WHY you
want the lead from the tuner to the antenna as short as possible. The
idea is to have as little of the antenna radiating inside the boat as
possible.


Gary Schafer wrote in message . ..
Why do you say that?
The lead that goes from the antenna tuner to the antenna becomes just
as much a part of the antenna as the rest of the antenna wire.

It is much more important to have a low inductance (short) ground
lead.

Regards
Gary



On 15 Nov 2003 12:10:55 -0800, (Mark Reichow)
wrote:

Leave the tuner as close to the antenna as practical. That's much
more important than the distance to the ground plate.