"Bruce in Alaska" wrote in message
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"Doug Dotson" wrote:

I supose that one could make a trap-vertical to avoid a tuner, but
I've never seen one for marine bands. I do recall a version of the
OutBacker that was for marine use but have never known anyone
that had one.

Doug, k3qt
s/v Callista

Morad Electronics of Seattle has been making Trapped Verticles for
4-22Mhz for years. They were pioneered by Ed Zanbergen back in
the late 60's, and have been a fixture in the North Pacific Commercial
Fleet ever since.


Bruce in alaska
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Bruce,
You beat me to it. I had time to go to the Morad site today, only to find it
is down to a one page "under construction" page right now. While referencing
their sales literature in our files, I was called out on a repair, so I
didn't have time to post here until now. I did not see the trap marine band
vertical in their current price sheet, but I bet they still make them. You
can't go into a commercial fishing port in the Pacific NW without seeing a
least one, and sometimes three Morad trap vertical antennas, some with
capacity hats on the fishing boats. They make an excellent VHF marine
antenna also, and even a 2 meter ham band variation. This is also a
commercial fishing and tug boat standard in this area. It mounts on a 1" OD
pipe and is very rugged. Definitely a step up from fiberglass recreational
boat whips.
Doug K7ABX