Philip wrote: > I am installing my ham rig on Oryoki and originally thought I would run > foil outside the hull and connect to the tuner through a sealed slot in > the hull. Now I am wondering if I could just line the foil on the inside > of the hull below the water line and use that. > My question: Does any one have experience with using such a system in a > cored/PVC composite hull? I know it works with solid fiberglass, but am > unsure if the added thickness and dielectric properties of the foam core > might pose a problem. > > thanks > Philip > > I think the foil provides most of the ground plane and has less effect as one side of a capacitor. It'll most likely work fine. I have had excellent results with just stringing a few wires cut to 1/4 wave lengths at the frequencies I wanted to work, in the bilge. Most of these wires are not straight. The antenna is 40+ feet. My LDG tuner seems to like that setup.
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