Radio signals are polarized. O you want your receiver and transmitter in the same plane. Thus if you are talking a station running a vertical antenna, like a whip or vertical beam, then you want your antenna to be in a vertical plane. The twin lead J-pole is useful for hanging from a tree at a camp site and not at all designed for use on the water. If you require better signals from the water, there are more effective and efficient "rubber duckies" made my Diamond and others, that will significantly enhance communications., but they are much bigger than the standard and may not have a compatible connector. cu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 21 2004 - 13:16:45 PDT
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