TomTotem... wrote: > > Well... as far as "VHF" goes, I have this neat Yeasu HT that puts out > about 6.5 watts... -Oh... You mean "Marine VHF"??? <sorry, couldn't > resist> I just bought a Standard, it's five watts also though. > > -Seems to me when I think about it, that the difference between 5 and 7 > watts from a *practical* stand point [note the word "practical"] is not > that great. The math escapes me right now, but I do remember the old > principle that the antenna is the real key. > > Anyone rigged up a J-pole for marine VHF and used it on a kayak? I really > doubt that if one was in severe need of that extra gain, hooking one up > would be, practical, but <shrug> who knows? I'm just a no-code > technician... [KB8UZD] <g> > > Take care, > > Tom Twice the power only ='s 1 "s" unit on the radio or 3db. No Tom, I havn't tried a J-pole on a kayak(which would work very nicely as it needs no ground plane), but you can improve any HT's preformance as you said by changing the antenna. I would think that the 5/8th wave 2M antenna's would work for marine VHF by just shortning the thing a tad. Lets face it, about anything will beat the rubber duck! I have two folding kayaks. One an old "super" folbot. That model is 17.5 feet long and I have made a mount on it that allows me to attach a HF mobile antenna to and work all over the world while only using 5W's(QRP). By changing antenna's(ham sticks) I work 15M through 75M while on the water! A simple 1/4 wave antenna with a ground plane will work good on 2M or the marine VHF band as well! BTW: Tom, there is no such thing as "only" a no code tech!! 73 James *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 01 1998 - 17:26:53 PST
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