Jens Viggo Moesmand wrote: >My question is whether there really is a need for more than 24 hours >(such as possible with the McMurdo PLB) and whether anyone has a >practical solution for the antenna problem. G'Day Jens and Paddlewise, I'd also like to ask whether the sea acts as a necessary groundplane to improve an EPIRBs sensitivity and is the sea connected in some special way to the EPIRB at RF frequencies to achieve this? Or is it simply the vertical orientation of the antennae that's important? All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Nov 08 2009 - 13:35:27 PST
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