I had heard this before and talked to some "experts" who said that a mast top antenna might help with the receiption but trying to transmit with a 5 watt handheld wouldn't improve much if any. But I too would like to hear if anyone has tried it. Thanks for the input. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Poulakis" <picfo@comcast.net> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2009 2:52 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Fixed Mounted VHF Radios.
I've seen guys put an auxiliary antenna on top of the mast that plugged into their handheld in the cabin. Kind of jury rigged - but definitely out of the way when not needed. Has anybody tried this and does it really work?
Jim M-17 "Spirit"
On Apr 3, 2009, at 5:49 AM, Joe Murphy wrote:
My hand held radio just isn't sufficient for my location so I recently purchased a fixed mount VHF. I'm going to intall a mast antenna this weekend if this storm finally leaves the east. My question is this. Do any of you have any good ideas for the best way to mount a fixed VHF. Obviously I want to have easy access to it at the helm. I also would like to have access to it from within the cabin on occassion. Thanks for any advice. Joe Seafrog M17
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