Lol - know the overkill counterpoise thing all to well. On the last boat my wife and I ran enough copper to open a mint. High hopes for the KISS counterpoise which I hear nothing but good things about. We’ll see. Probably should have just gone with the ham-sticks!
John KC2WPS > On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:24 AM, Jerome Tauber via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I have an Icom 706 on my boat with rail mounted ham sticks. Rail is grounded > to keel as a counter poise. Jerry. WA2YMR. C&C 27V. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 8, 2015, at 9:08 AM, "phorvati . via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: > >> I have an m710 which I used on ham frequencies to hook up to winlink >> stations via pactor III and get grib file and email. My tuner is AT-130. >> My antenna is an insulated backstay. My counterpoise was an overkill. I >> glassed in 100' of 6" wide copper tape along the inside of the hull. In the >> lazarette, and as many compartments as feasible. I bonded it to all other >> metal like toerail, stanchions, etc, and setup few capacitors to bridge the >> copper foil to the keelbolt. While cruising in the carribean, I was >> connectig to stations as far as Ohio, Nova Scotia and Panama. I haven't >> used the setup in a while as I'm mostly bound to coastal new England. >> >> On Jul 7, 2015 10:22 PM, "John Pennie via CnC-List" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com >> <mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: >> Very close to getting my ham rig running on Paws. This was a zero budget >> project with parts accumulated over the past few years. Ended up with an >> Icom 706 that that I bought used from a co-worker, a narrow pass filter from >> a swap meet and a KISS counterpoise which I have high hopes for. Finally >> added an AH-4 tuner which they are giving away right now. Will rig a >> temporary longwire antenna which I will make permanent over the winter if >> successful. Looking forward to indulging my other hobby. Fun stuff! >> >> John >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> <http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Email address: >> CnC-List@cnc-list.com <mailto:CnC-List@cnc-list.com> >> To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom >> of page at: >> http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >> <http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com> >> > _______________________________________________ > > Email address: > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom > of page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com >
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