At 06:21 PM 3/1/98 -0800, James Lofton wrote: >Twice the power only ='s 1 "s" unit on the radio or 3db. That's what I was thinking, however I really haven't been on the air since moving to the PNW about a year ago and am [ahem] "rusty..." ;-) snip----> >Lets face it, about anything will beat the rubber duck! <nodding my head with a smile> >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! I think I was thinking of that old, um, coax connector <?> with five rods, looked like a star... sheesh! I am rusty... Might be worth looking in some of my books... Thanks for the reminder here-you make it more clear that increasing power a watt or two won't help much. When I lived in Michigan [where "rain" usually means "LIGHTNING"] I initially carried a portable AM/FM radio along with my weather radio. Seems I could always get a broadcast station when I couldn't get NOAA... Eventually I bought the Yeasu FT 50, it gets broadcast bands as well as 2meters and 440, and is actually, [at least once-gulp] water proof. ['nother story] >BTW: Tom, there is no such thing as "only" a no code tech!! Hear Hear! <G> >73 Back at ya... Tom... Tom Weese Kirkland, Wa. Three left turns often make a right... <http://www.isomedia.com/homes/gadfly/> *************************************************************************** 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 - 18:43:21 PST
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