try and AX1 with a tripod mount mounted to the boat and then one or two radials over the hull and into the water. Another member expressed interest in operating over salt water when additional ground is much less important.
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 8, 2020, at 4:48 PM, Peter Kaletsch <pkalet...@kaletsch-gmbh.de> wrote: > > Hello fellows; > > You are my last hope as I cannot imagine that I am the only one in the world > who wants to try that. > > For many months I have been trying in vain to get tips on how to operate a K3 > well on a small 13 meter motor yacht. I am talking about fresh water usage > (Lake Garda in Italy), not salt water, and of a GFK built boat. > > A dipole is eliminated, it is not a sailing boat. I thought of using a > Tarheel Antenna, but the manufacturer advised me against it. > > So normal, shortened mobile antennas, mounted on the device carrier, where > also the antenna for marine radio is located, should point the way ...? > > But how do I get a reasonably effective earth? I read a lot of negative > things about ground plates - fast growth, the hull has to be pierced. > > I have already considered laying radials from the antenna base below deck in > the invisible area, but will this work...? > > I am very grateful for every tip and every help - also to > pkalet...@kaletsch-gmbh.de > > Thanks in advance > > Peter - DL1MDZ > > > ________________________________ > Peter Kaletsch GmbH | Fürstenrieder Straße 275 | 81377 München | Tel: +49 (0) > 89 / 89 60 93 - 0 | Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 89 60 93 - 99 | i...@kaletsch-gmbh.de | > Handelsregisternummer HRB 108093 | Amtsgericht Muenchen | Steuer-Nr: > 143/170/40017 | Geschäftsführer: Peter Kaletsch | Sitz der Gesellschaft: > München | > Hinweis / reference: > Die Inhalte dieser Nachricht dürfen nur für die beabsichtigten Zwecke > verwendet werden. The content of this Message may only be used for the > intended purposes. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to w...@w2xj.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
