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Recently a female poster in one of the forums I read asked question about purchasing that first boat and living aboard. I decided to copy my...
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Part 1 is here: http://blog.sailboatreboot.com/2014/10/living-aboard-and-buying-boat.html Part 3 is here: http://blog.sailboatreboot.com/...
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Before we left Sydney I tightened the fan belt on the advice of the mechanic. On our trip across Morton Bay this morning of course it snappe...
Hey Roger - Macht nichts on dynamic views... Don't know what it does for your readers. Long as I can see your updates, I'm good. Questions: what spec filters did you put in your SSB? Has it helped? (I realize without making your autopilot work, you may not know.) And what do you use for a counterpoise? Do I remember you trailing 50' of copper wire, or was that somebody else?
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Tiki Cat
The view looks nice. More kitteh, please!
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ReplyDeleteThe filters are line filters on the DC feed to the transceiver. I really can't tell yet if they did any good.
My counterpoise is my keel. The ground side of the transmitter and antenna tuner is run to the keel bolts. I get a very good tune.
In the early days I raised a dipole on a halyard and dragged 50 feet of copper behind the boat. I most likely told you that story.