[Elecraft] K3 working on motorboats - possible

Tue Jun 9 15:54:48 EDT 2020

I agree, but I think that's a common issue for married hams! Happy wife, happy live :-)

73, Peter

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: W2xj [mailto:W2xj at w2xj.net]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Juni 2020 18:34
An: Peter Kaletsch <PKaletsch at kaletsch-gmbh.de>
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Betreff: Re: [Elecraft] K3 working on motorboats - possible

i think your engineering challenge is primarily balancing esthetics against performance.

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> On Jun 9, 2020, at 6:52 AM, Peter Kaletsch <PKaletsch at kaletsch-gmbh.de> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Thanks a lot for all answers and information! Some I still have to read more accurate ana translate some special parts, because, as you can obviously read from my post, my English is horrible.
>
> I tend - and of course my wife does - to have a fixed installation. So extendable fiberglass masts or something like this is not the solution we are searching for.
>
> I will think about all suggestions, try some of them and report later this year, if there are any reporting worth solutions. We take over the boat during the next 2 weeks and after that, there is a lot of other marine stuff to do, before focusing on ham radio on board).
>
> Further answer are highly welcomed
>
>
> 73, Peter
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Kurt Pawlikowski [mailto:kurtt at pinrod.com]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Juni 2020 03:16
> An: Peter Kaletsch <PKaletsch at kaletsch-gmbh.de>;
> elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Betreff: Re: [Elecraft] K3 working on motorboats - possible
>
> Peter,
>
>     In general, any vertical works lots better with more radials. As fresh water is a fairly poor conductor, the more the merrier!
> Unfortunately, because most boats are wooden/fiberglass, what you can
> add helps. I don't know if they have to be 1/4 wavelength (I've read
> yes and some say at least 0.20 wavelength). For HF, this would be some
> serious lengths for most boats! I expect you'd have to load them
> similar to the vertical element, but I haven't read anything regarding
> loading
> radials: It's just a guess. I suppose one could attempt to replicate, to some extent, a solid ground plane with foil or some other conductor (maybe chicken wire?). It would seem a lot of work (and probably is!).
> If you're insistent on a vertical, it's a narrow field of variability.
> Some of the portable antenna's can make loaded dipoles or verticals, which would operate fairly well without a ground plane. Another option might be a magnetic loop (which doesn't care much about "ground" per se.
> It is affected by near-by conductors, tunes very narrowly, and is big (compared to a mobile vertical). So, whatever you choose, it's all some sort of compromise.
>
>     kurtt WB9FMC
>
>> On 6/8/2020 3:47 PM, Peter Kaletsch wrote:
>> Hello fellows;
>>
>> You are my last hope as I cannot imagine that I am the only one in the world who wants to try that.
>>
>> For many months I have been trying in vain to get tips on how to operate a K3 well on a small 13 meter motor yacht. I am talking about fresh water usage (Lake Garda in Italy), not salt water, and of a GFK built boat.
>>
>> A dipole is eliminated, it is not a sailing boat. I thought of using a Tarheel Antenna, but the manufacturer advised me against it.
>>
>> So normal, shortened mobile antennas, mounted on the device carrier, where also the antenna for marine radio is located, should point the way ...?
>>
>> But how do I get a reasonably effective earth? I read a lot of negative things about ground plates - fast growth, the hull has to be pierced.
>>
>> I have already considered laying radials from the antenna base below deck in the invisible area, but will this work...?
>>
>> I am very grateful for every tip and every help - also to
>> pkaletsch at kaletsch-gmbh.de
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Peter - DL1MDZ
>>
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