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A vendors explanation of antennae characteristics and abilities, as well as stuff you should know about choosing, installing, and troubleshooting an antenna. Types include VHF, TV, cellular,
[Shakespeare Electronic Products Group, Columbia, SC, USA]
Unmoderated forum on marine electrical and electronic equipment. Good advice and resources here, but you have to dig and you have to be selective.
[Usenet, USA]
Grab bag of facts and commentary about installing and using radio on board. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
Grab bag of facts and commentary about identifying and eliminating radio interference. Contains excerpts from hard-to-find bulletin board and newsgroup postings, as well as links to useful sites and vendor pages.
[Bill Dietrich, USA]
If your mast comes down, your antennae come with it. Biewenga gives some ideas about how to prepare both mentally and technically for such a fate, and rig emergency antennae for SSB, Ham or VHF.
[Blue Water Sailing, July 2000]
A Flicka 20 owner devises a low-cost at-anchor antenna for a SSB or Ham transceiver. Advantages and disadvantages.
[The Comfortable Pocket Yacht, USA]
A performance comparison of various SSB antenna locations, with a discussion of installation technique and ground plate location and size.
[Marinenet Data Systems. Inc., Tequesta, FL, USA]
Examples of good and bad antenna installation on trawler yachts, with suggestions for choosing antennas, mounts, wiring, and positions. 9 pages.
[PassageMaker, January 2001]
Short account of mast maintenance with some tips on installation and preservation. Also some surprising advice on what electrical items need to be at the masthead and what need not
[Ocean Navigator, March 2003]
34-inch whip antenna for 156-163 MHz VHF and NOAA Weather Radio channels. Several mounting options.
[Metz Communication Corporation, Laconia, NH, USA]Find the satellite and then have the boat heading deviate by anything much greater than 2 degrees, you will lose the signal.
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