One issue I see with that is the safety issue: 250 watts of RF could cause a nasty burn to anyone that happened to contact the mast or other standing rigging when you’re transmitting.
— Fred Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- on the hard in Bayfield, WI :^( > On Apr 27, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > One SSB idea I have been wanting to try: > You add only a bottom insulator. The ground connection from the tuner is run > to the base of the mast. This loads up a version of a big loop antenna that > may work better and saves $$$ on insulators. If the backstay chainplate does > not have a grounding wire and you clean all the salt residue off the area, > you could give it a try with no insulators at all to see what happens. > Joe > Coquina C&C 35 MK I > 73 de N3HGB
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