Where is your ground plate/Dynaplate/Wonderbar installed on your 46/460/456/450
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ground vs. counterpoise
Chris Dynaplates make effective grounds but poor counterpoise. If you intend it to function as the latter, the general principal is to install it as close to the antenna tuner as practical. If it's to function as a ground, it's irrelevent where it goes (underwater). Hope I'm not telling you what you already know.
Chris Dynaplates make effective grounds but poor counterpoise. If you intend it to function as the latter, the general principal is to install it as close to the antenna tuner as practical. If it's to function as a ground, it's irrelevent where it goes (underwater). Hope I'm not telling you what you already know.
don't know how important location is
Guess I shouldn't have responded earlier. My visceral reaction is that drag is drag. I wonder how many people simply put it where it's most convenient and/or fits relatively flat against the hull/keel
Guess I shouldn't have responded earlier. My visceral reaction is that drag is drag. I wonder how many people simply put it where it's most convenient and/or fits relatively flat against the hull/keel
Gordon West Says
... that with recent generation SSB's that he has found no difference between a ground plate and simply clamping the foil to a (bronze) through hull. That's through objective testing, and applies to newer units only. I'd sure try that first. RD
... that with recent generation SSB's that he has found no difference between a ground plate and simply clamping the foil to a (bronze) through hull. That's through objective testing, and applies to newer units only. I'd sure try that first. RD
SSB ground
On my H460, I grounded the antenna tuner to the strut bolt under the aft starboard cabin bulk. The system works fine. On my last boat,H40.5, I ran about 50 feet of copper thru the boat as per prevailing opinion in 1994. I don't see any difference in performance. Gorden West seems to agree in his most articles on the subject.
On my H460, I grounded the antenna tuner to the strut bolt under the aft starboard cabin bulk. The system works fine. On my last boat,H40.5, I ran about 50 feet of copper thru the boat as per prevailing opinion in 1994. I don't see any difference in performance. Gorden West seems to agree in his most articles on the subject.
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