Just checked out the thread ("VHF boost") that Captain Scred referenced. If you're interested in a Rocket-Science-Meets-Sailing analysis of this issue head straight for the posts by Keith Diehl ( http://www.mail-archive.com/montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com/ msg13113.html ) and Robbin Roddewig ( http://www.mail-archive.com/ montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com/msg13149.html ). Yeah, I'm a nerd. Jim M-17 "Spirit" On Apr 3, 2009, at 6:20 PM, W David Scobie wrote:

early '07 there was a good amount of discussion about the masthead antenna and/vs. handheld and/vs. longer antennas for handhelds.

search the msog archive to find the discussion (the montgomeryowners.com site makes this easy).

dave scobie M15 #288 - SCRED visit Scred's www-site: http://www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred

--- On Fri, 4/3/09, Joe Murphy <seagray@embarqmail.com> wrote:

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

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