Re: VHF-FM Antennas

Jim Nolan (panache426@hotmail.com)
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 15:58:43 MST

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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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I use a Shakespeare 3 dB antenna with a rail mount. It's on the pulpit. The
rail mount allows it to rotate 90 degrees to a down position. I don't need
it up high on the mast for Colorado lakes and I use it only when I get tired
of yelling. You'd have to put a small stanchion pole (parallel to the
ground)on your mast to mount it. In my opinion the best antenna for a boat
mast top is the discone antenna. It's very broadband and will allow you to
pick up FM radio, maritime, hambands, tv, gps and the like all in one
antenna. Also the pattern is very good for a rocking boat. The radials on it
can also help as static charge disappators. You can get these at Radio Shack
or they're on the internet by a company called Nevada [Radio (?)]. Hope this
helps.

Jim Nolan P-19 #426 Panache

>From: "Dennis W. Farrell" <dfarrell@ridgecrest.ca.us>
>To: <wwpotter@tscnet.com>
>Subject: VHF-FM Antennas
>Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 13:11:01 -0800
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> West Wight Potter Website at URL
> http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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>Now that we've got this discussion on coax and connectors going, let me
>raise a question on antenna mounts. I'm interested in a way of mounting my
>masthead antenna in a way that allows me to swivel it 90 degrees so that
>it's perpendicular (vertical) to the mast when I've got the mast down for
>trailering. I'd like to do this *without* breaking the coax connection to
>the mast. I want to do this to avoid having the antenna sticking out 3' or
>so past the mast when trailering (would require a red flag/light) and when
>parking the boat and trailer.
>

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