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Saltyjohn
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Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list

17/05/2008 11:11

To provide the groundplane against which your antenna works - the counterpoise.
Copper foil about 3" wide provides a good groundplane when run below the waterline picking up anything grounded, such as keel, watertanks etc. It then connects to your antenna, ATU and radio ground connections.
Flat conductors such as copper foil provide a counterpoise whereas round wires don't.
I had this system, recommended by the radio guru Gordon West, and it worked very well.

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SSB Radio - Please check my check list	demonboy	17/05/2008 09:24
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	mdrifter	18/05/2008 17:58
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Captainslarty	17/05/2008 11:13
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Stingo	17/05/2008 10:40
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	demonboy	17/05/2008 10:49
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Saltyjohn	17/05/2008 11:11
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	jerryat	17/05/2008 18:02
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Captainslarty	17/05/2008 18:40
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	jerryat	17/05/2008 19:09
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	HunterWanderer	17/05/2008 21:55
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	jerryat	17/05/2008 23:10
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Beadle	19/05/2008 00:16
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Bilgediver	20/05/2008 10:17
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	jerryat	19/05/2008 10:07
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Beadle	20/05/2008 12:45
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	jerryat	20/05/2008 13:29
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Beadle	20/05/2008 21:41
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	jerryat	21/05/2008 08:12
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Beadle	21/05/2008 09:22
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	whipper_snapper	21/05/2008 09:39
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Beadle	21/05/2008 11:23
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	jerryat	21/05/2008 10:46
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Beadle	20/05/2008 20:50
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	demonboy	20/05/2008 09:00
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Jonny_H	20/05/2008 10:24
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	whipper_snapper	20/05/2008 10:32
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Jonny_H	20/05/2008 10:39
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	whipper_snapper	20/05/2008 12:16
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Jonny_H	20/05/2008 12:24
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Captainslarty	18/05/2008 11:34
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	FullCircle	18/05/2008 19:15
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Captainslarty	17/05/2008 19:20
Re: SSB Radio - Please check my check list	Stingo	17/05/2008 10:57

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