Okay, another interesting idea… I sold a GX-2200 VHF and RAM3 mic to a friend for his Dufour 35. He had built his own coaming box out of fiberglass and glassed it into the coaming as part of a cockpit repair/repaint project. He mounted the connector for the RAM mic into the coaming box; and he got a small “exciter” like this: https://www.amazon.com/Dayton-Audio-DAEX25-Sound-Exciters/dp/B001EYEM8C/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1467145231&sr=8-5&keywords=exciter <https://www.amazon.com/Dayton-Audio-DAEX25-Sound-Exciters/dp/B001EYEM8C/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1467145231&sr=8-5&keywords=exciter>, glued it to the back of the coaming box and connected it to the aux speaker out connection on the RAM mic connector. Now he gets VHF audio seemingly coming out of nowhere in the cockpit, and he has the RAM mic close at hand on the coaming.
Clever idea. Not mine. Fred Street -- Minneapolis S/V Oceanis (1979 C&C Landfall 38) -- Bayfield, WI > On Jun 28, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Allen Miles via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > I mounted my Ram mike on the stern push pit rail mid way between the ladder > opening and the turn on the starboard side. It's easy to fish one wire from > the stern locker through the tubing. It's attached to a small box structure > that accepts its clip. It's easy to access, listen to calls, and, being hand > held, it's far enough from the helm to not impact the compass. > > Allen Miles > S/V Septima C&C 30-2 > Hampton, VA
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