I'll have a look at that stuff John, thanks. Meanwhile both boats are out o=
n the water as of this evening so I brought a portable spectrum analyser & =
repeated my tests. No difference,so I guess the presence of water does not =
matter. Both antennas have a loading coil built into the bottom. The antenn=
a I've been testing with at home is a J pole type & as I said, it seems to =
work better. It is of course longer. I'll probably try that antenna in the =
boat next.

Joe
________________________________________
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of John F=
errell [jferrell13@triad.rr.com]
Sent: 04 June 2014 21:31
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT] Matching an antenna to a VHF TX/RX

Ouch! It is an end fed 1/2 wave...
I have not had much success with this configuration, but according to
theory it should work.
It will work with a properly designed auto tuner, but hopefully someone
will post here with an actual success story.

On 6/4/2014 2:32 PM, Joe McCauley wrote:
> Here is one of the antennas.http://www.glomex.it/product_details.asp?id=
=3DRA106SLSPB
>
> The antenna is mounted using this insulated mount to the frame.http://www=
..glomex.it/product_details.asp?id=3DRA135

--
John Ferrell W8CCW

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness=94
  Mark Twain


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