I won a GR100 waterproof am/fm radio in a competition which I have now
fitted in my little bowrider. However, I don't yet have a radio
antenna for it. Would a piece of wire run along the side of the boat
(on the inside between the carpet and the glass fibre) be as good as
fitting a car rubber-duck type antenna? I simply ask because surley a
car antenna is no more than a coil of wire anyway and it isn't like
it's going to be grounded to a metal body or anything.

The only advantage to a rubber one it that it would be vertically
polarised and a *little* higher in it's mounting location?

So, worth drilling a hole to fit one, or just use a trailing wire?

thanks,

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Nick