Looking for Help About Navtex Installation

[Talisker]

Have just bought myself a Navtex and was wondering about antenna placement. I really don't want the ugly antenna on deck and it only comes with 7m of coaxial cable, so the mast is out too.

I was wondering if anyone has experience of how the reception would be, if I just mounted the antenna inside the boat. It is going into a plastic bath tub not a steel or aluminium hull.

TIA

Steve

[Cotemar]

Talisker,

GPS antenna under fiberglass works fine. I did it two years ago with a standard Garmin antenna and it worked great.
I just used 3M ulta two face tape to bond it next to my chart plotter inside the helm fiberglass wiring area.

Mark

[oldvarnish]

Navtex operates at quite low frequencies. Unlike VHF, height doesn't matter much. Stick it inside, up against the deck. Mine works fine.