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I know it's not a option really when your floating around, but also hear of
people throwing over a copper wire into the drink over the side of the
boat.
I know I have done the same thing, well kinda, while camping from the
car, either a proper stake into
the ground or run a long wire out over the round.
wrote:
> I might add to this discussion that the large counterpoise is also
> "conventional wisdom" that has been questioned by some experts. Rather than
> do an expensive retrofit I followed the advice of Gordon West and used a
> single through-hull as the RF ground. His contention is that with modern
> antenna tuners that is sufficient and nearly as good as the conventional 100
> sq. ft of copper strips. My figuring was that if it was not adequate I
> could proceed from there. In fact, it appears to work just fine.
>
> Regards
>
> Jeff
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> Jeffrey M. Stander
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> ...
> (RF ground) has more to do with the efficiency of an antenna than the
> antenna itself (assuming adequate length, insulation, and tuning).
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