Hello Rick, This antenna should perform well and is basically an impedance matching element, using the DC grounded backstay and any electrically connected hardware as the radiating elements. The ability to get a good match in the ham bands is a bit of guesswork without doing a complete engineering analysis of the sail frame, and I am sure that is somewhat beyond the scope of this project. My guess is that this "antenna" will radiate very well, and match about as well as any other radiating system, using a good quality tuner.
Mike Mertes /kz5m --- Rick Brashear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello to all.. > > I have a buddy who is searching for an antenna that > might be usable on both > marine frequencies and some amateur frequencies with > the help of a tuner. > He has a pretty big sailing vessel and wants to > utilize the backstay for the > antenna without having to go with the conventional > method of placing > insulators in it. Below is a site describing an > antenna that seems to fit > the bill, however, we are in deep discussion as to > whether it will work well > enough on any amateur frequencies. So, I am asking > the "brain trust" here > for your opinions. If you have a minute, please, > take a look and let us > know what you think. > > Thanks, > Rick/K5IAR > > http://www.gamelectronicsinc.com/mike.promoREV.120605.pdf > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): > http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
