[Elecraft] Ham radio as a side dish

[Barry]

Wayne,
     Here on the east coast, we have boaters who run up or down the intracoastal waterway. The direction is dependant on season. Ham radio is used for two important purposes, the marine nets and non-business email. In the morning, the Waterway Net meets for traffic, position reports, and items of interest. The Maritime Mobile Net meets during the afternoon, east coast time, for assistance to voyaging boaters.

     Email is passed and received through the Winlink network. With stations world wide, a boater can have access on some band almost anytime. And, all of this, doesn't even touch on the other ham activities. Bjorn points out that he uses his backstage, so do the majority of sailors. Having gear that tolerates a salty environment would be great..

73,
Barry
K3NDM 

On May 26, 2018 12:10:35 PM EDT, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>Thanks, everyone, for the great stories and ideas on this thread (so
>far). Clearly I need to get out more :)
>
>73,
>Wayne
>N6KR
>
>
>> On May 26, 2018, at 9:01 AM, Bjorn Pehrson <bpehrson at kth.se> wrote:
>> 
>> Talking about oceans and sailing... I have a 28m2 IF-boat with an
>isolated ~13m back stay (http://www.sa0bxi.se)
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>> My wish-list includes  a waterproof  kx2 with accessoires like a
>cockpit mount-bracket, a solar panel charger and  an antenna cable kit
>to connect to the backstay and including a non hull-intrusive
>counterpoise arrangement
>> 
>> bjorn, sa0bxi
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