[Elecraft] Re: K2 on sailboat?

[Stuart Rohre]

It is very standard to use the back stay guy of the main mast for antenna on
a sail boat.  It works very well, if the boat has an adequate ground plate
and bonding of the metal of the craft to radio ground.  Metal towers used
with slopers are no different from a metal mast and a slanted back stay
antenna wire.  They work lots of DX.  Most of the 20m maritime net folks use
a version of this system, and have good signals into USA from their sailing
locales.


Yes, take your K2 on a sailboat and you can use the back stay by insulating
it, and feeding it with one of the random wire tuners.  The k2 tuner may
well work fine for 20m and up depending on the length of the backstay.
72,
Stuart
K5KVH