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Old 10-12-2007, 13:35   #76
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Gosh, Bill, that's a lot of Radios!

Bill (btrayfors) I liked your setup, particularly the kewl retro stand off insulators you have.

One question though... If you're ever boarded by a foreign Navy - how are you going to convince them that you're not a re-do of the USS Pueblo?

And Steve - yes rigging all those antennas is a challenge to not have them interfere with the sails.

Bill - do you use different standing rigging lines as dipoles (with additional insulators)? How do you rig your boat? Do you have to manage your dipoles as some of us have to with running backstays (i.e. slack them before tacking)?

I think that most of us are fine making do with 1 antenna.

Cheers,
Bill
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