....Keep the 50 feet, use a tuner. Quit wasting good
'worry' on tuner losses, they don't amount to enough
to worry about. The 'additional' length (and that
tuner) gives you access to other bands. Will it be the
'best' possible antenna? Of course not, but it'll
certainly be adequate...
'Doc

'Doc wrote:
...Keep the 50 feet, use a tuner. Quit wasting good
'worry' on tuner losses, they don't amount to enough
to worry about. The 'additional' length (and that
tuner) gives you access to other bands. Will it be the
'best' possible antenna? Of course not, but it'll
certainly be adequate...
'Doc


Thanks for the feedback folks. Doc is on the right track. THe tuner
works really well (way to go SGC, nice product!) and the antenna length
doesn't seem to be impeding transmission distance.

Furthermore, the length, although not electrically correct for all
frequencies, is convenient physically for a sail boat.

Glad to hear that the 1000 mile distance I attained was acceptable
performance. My actual planned use is for keeping in touch with other
vessels (friends) that are within a couple of thousand miles tops.
Hopefully it will do the trick.

Thanks for the feedback folks. Muuch appreciated.

Jimmy

In article ,
James wrote:

Thanks for the feedback folks. Doc is on the right track. THe tuner
works really well (way to go SGC, nice product!) and the antenna length
doesn't seem to be impeding transmission distance.

Furthermore, the length, although not electrically correct for all
frequencies, is convenient physically for a sail boat.

Glad to hear that the 1000 mile distance I attained was acceptable
performance. My actual planned use is for keeping in touch with other
vessels (friends) that are within a couple of thousand miles tops.
Hopefully it will do the trick.

Thanks for the feedback folks. Muuch appreciated.

Jimmy

With a 50' antenna length and an adiquate RF Ground, one could
consider that a respectable Marine Radio Installation.

One thing that needs to be understood is that ALL Autotuners
have a REALLY BIG difficency that is inherent in their design.
They can NOT tune wires at the Half Wavelength point and 50Khz on each
side. At this point antenna impedance becomes Infinite and can't be
tuned. so a boater must make sure that he never intends to transmit
on the frequency that is at the electrical Half Wavelength of the
antenna. He may need to lengthen ot shorten the wire to adjust
for this condition.


Bruce in alaska
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