Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board

2013-01-13 Thread Joe Della Barba
Neil Andersen Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 1:27 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board Don’t forget to check on the reviews for the MFJ-4416B (http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7504) From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colomba

Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board

2013-01-13 Thread Neil Andersen
Don’t forget to check on the reviews for the MFJ-4416B (http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/7504) From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colomba Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2013 2:34 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board Hi Joe

Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board

2013-01-12 Thread Colomba
c-list@cnc-list.com *Subject:* Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board Hi Fred of cause, basic idea is to use only an auto-tuner ... but, if you look at the possibilities, on 7 MHZ ( 40m band) there will be no chance for any auto-tuner to match the aft stay (on the C&C 34 with 12.7m isolated aft st

Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board

2013-01-12 Thread Rick Brass
Peter; Last April, Blue Water Sailing had a series of articles about installing SSB on a cruising boat. Since that is a project for my boat in the near future, I saved a digital copy of the articles. Perhaps I "saved" them too well, because it just took me over 1/2 hour to track them down on my la

Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board

2013-01-12 Thread Joe Della Barba
_ From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Colomba Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 6:49 PM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board Hi Fred of cause, basic idea is to use only an auto-tuner ... but, if you look at the possibilities, on 7 MHZ (

Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board

2013-01-11 Thread Colomba
Hi Fred of cause, basic idea is to use only an auto-tuner ... but, if you look at the possibilities, on 7 MHZ ( 40m band) there will be no chance for any auto-tuner to match the aft stay (on the C&C 34 with 12.7m isolated aft stay length, other length of cause may be possible). To illustrate

Re: Stus-List HAM radio on board

2013-01-11 Thread Frederick G Street
Peter -- on this side of the pond, it's common to use a completely-isolated backstay for the antenna. I'd be concerned about getting RF burns if you don't isolate at the top (using the mast and the rest of the stays/shrouds as antennas); and depending on your transmit power, you'd need quite a