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I have had good results with a simple stainless CB whip about 8 feet long fed by an antenna tuner on 80 thru 10. It will not tune on 160.
A good ground plane is needed for a counterpoise. A vertical antenna is essentially half a dipole sticking up in the air and needs the other half (that sticks down into the ground or water) to work properly.
Fortunately my ferro boat is mostly steel so I have a good built-in ground plane.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Gloucester Mass
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From: Emory Jones
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Sent: 7/11/2007 10:30:23 AM
Subject: lv-ab: Rope SSB Antenna
To All,
I recently purchased a ssb on e-Bay (and tuner) and am now looking at antenna options. My boat, Jacob Andrew, is a 36' ketch. The rope antenna shown at www.ropeantenna.com seems possible. Has anyone used these or have thoughts on them. All advice is welcomed and appreciated.
Thanks,
Emory
S/V Jacob Andrew
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