This may not be the most appropriate forum for this, but there are a lot of=
 knowledgeable people here....

Does anyone have any thoughts on what the effect on transmission efficiency=
 would be of the antenna feed cable for a marine VHF  radio being partly su=
bmerged in seawater. (f~160MHz)

The cable on my scuba club's boat runs along the deck which is always parti=
ally awash. This is the way it was built. Apart from that reason, I don't t=
hink that the cable being immersed should cause significant issues.  We are=
 having radio transmission issues. The antenna is mounted ~1.5 meters above=
 the deck.

I've not had the opportunity to look at it yet & expect to find connection =
issues when I do, but it has been suggested that the immersion of the cable=
 could be causing our problem. As I said, I don't believe that, but.......

Thanks for any info,

Joe

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