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Yo! Harry! (or anyone else) Antenna question
John H. wrote:
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:50:39 -0400, Gene Kearns wrote: On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:01:13 -0500, John H. penned the following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats: With the new Key West, I'm getting a bimini. The wife didn't think the t-top would give enough sun protection. In one of the shots of your boat, Harry, it appeared that you have the 8' antenna folded down, although it could have been a 5'er I guess. In any case, what do you have, and does it interfere with the bimini? Anyone - Is the performance of the 5' antenna seriously below that of the 8'er? By formula, 3' vs. 8' is about 2.74 miles difference in LoS..... which is fairly meaningless..... since we don't know the altitude of the other antenna. For safety, I rely on the height of the local 170+ foot USCG antenna, instead of the height of my own...... Receiver sensitivity is probably way more important than +-5' of antenna at the boat end.... unless you are trying to DSC some guy near the horizon.... ..... sooooo..... save that money on the antenna and spend it on the IC-M604... PS. What would you recommend in the $200-$250 range? M504 $277 http://www.byownerelectronics.com/st...3&cat=0&page=1 |
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