Fuel tanks and SSB counterpoise.

[Ron Thornton]

Wires with a big coil in the middle is what I'm talking about. I guess
this is a semantics thing. I can't get used to calling it a choke cause
in fixed station if we wanted to change freq that much we went out and
threw up another 3 curtain full wave Rhombic. You mobile guys are
strange, you want one antenna to do it all.

Ron

 

[Bruce in Alaska]

Wires with a big coil in the middle is what I'm talking about. I guess
this is a semantics thing. I can't get used to calling it a choke cause
in fixed station if we wanted to change freq that much we went out and
threw up another 3 curtain full wave Rhombic. You mobile guys are
strange, you want one antenna to do it all.

Ron

Ron, on a vessel, you ostly only have room for one antenna.....


Bruce in alaska

 

[Terry]

One Ground in a square foot of copper clad on the keel. (Salt water sailor
only)

I guess the big steel/iron ballast keel (couple of thousand
pounds AIUI) on bottom of my Westerly would make a 'good' RF
ground? Connect to SS keel bolt/s accessible in bilge. Taking
other precautions for elctrolysis and/or 'ground' currents from
shore power?
Terry.