Next message: susan meckley: "[world-cruising] Re: ssb antennas...."
I would never recommend cutting the back stay for an insulator...they do fail, not if, but when. However, that being said, if one must use the backstay for an antenna, be sure to use the insulators such as Sta-lock provides.
It is always wiser to run a separate antenna wire. Good results can be otained with a string (soaked in salt water) as an antenna, when conditions are good...I have tried it.
But...when conditions are marginal, you want everything possible going for you...COPPER from the radio to the upper insulator
I wonder why the military and commercial shortwave stations use "copper clad steel" if steel such as the backstay, is ok then why waste the money to use copper clad steel.
BUT, in electronics, if it works don't change it untill it does not work and you have to do something.
Nuff said on this subject
Bye peoples...heading out to sea in 10 days....Johnston Island KH3
Susan, W7KFI
USSV Dharma
If you don't change direction you will arrive exactly where you're headed!!
Susan Meckley, Skipper
USSV Dharma
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