The weather here in NE Indiana has been cold, overcast, dreary and wet.
Right now I am waiting for the rain to stop so I can mount the Icom AH-4 long wire antenna tuner on the tower. Today I connectorized the RF cable and added the 4 wire control cable for the AH-4 antenna tuner. Tomorrow is supposed to be good so I will bring the feed lines and control cable into the radio shack.
I just finished the connector that will go to the inside of the radio shack and connect to the HF radio. The HF rig is an Icom IC-7200 and is more or less ruggedized and spray proof. I think it will work on the boat pretty well since the tuner can connect to the long wire backstay or a halyard that has a wire embedded in it.
The only thing I don't have to make a viable sailboat HF rig is the KISS counterpoise and that I can get at the last minute. In the mean time I will run soe tuned radials out on the ground under the antenna tower. Perhaps I will make a block diagram of the setup and attach it to this blog later.
Right now I am waiting for the rain to stop so I can mount the Icom AH-4 long wire antenna tuner on the tower. Today I connectorized the RF cable and added the 4 wire control cable for the AH-4 antenna tuner. Tomorrow is supposed to be good so I will bring the feed lines and control cable into the radio shack.
I just finished the connector that will go to the inside of the radio shack and connect to the HF radio. The HF rig is an Icom IC-7200 and is more or less ruggedized and spray proof. I think it will work on the boat pretty well since the tuner can connect to the long wire backstay or a halyard that has a wire embedded in it.
The only thing I don't have to make a viable sailboat HF rig is the KISS counterpoise and that I can get at the last minute. In the mean time I will run soe tuned radials out on the ground under the antenna tower. Perhaps I will make a block diagram of the setup and attach it to this blog later.
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