Although the angle will affect the radiation pattern, so will the mast and other wires. It really won't make a lot of difference in real life. I have worked close to 150 different countries and all states with 100 watts and about 38 feet of backstay. This was on the ham bands, but the marine bands are right next door, and work the same.
Carl AB1DD S V Nauta Lake Champlain, Vt. On 11/13/08, Bob Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is a question about using stays for SSB antennas.From the little I read > it seems that the angle of the backstay has some influence on the > performance of the setup. What about using the upper stay (no spreaders > involved)for the antenna? Seems it would be more vertical but what about > stresses imposed on the insulators? Seems like they would be less given rig > wire sizes. > > Bob > PDQ 36 > Peace > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
