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In a message dated 10/01/2001 8:06:47 PM Atlantic Daylight Time,
writes:
> Another question is, if you are not into ham radio, do you want to bond your
> boat or not? There are extensive schools of thought on either subject.
The way I look at this is to imagine the ham antenna as one half of a dipole
antenna turned up vertically. The pole sticking up is *the* antenna, and the
pole sticking down is the ground. The more electrically massive the ground,
the more the antenna can push against. It is almost like when you push a
dead car with your body. The hard part is not pushing against the car, but
getting a grip on the street with your feet. The radio ground needs to be at
least as electromagnetically massive as the antenna to function as the
downward pole of the dipole.
Norm
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