Speaking of grounding planes and so forth – I have one of those plates bolted to the hull in the aft cabin hanging locker which is not attached to anything. Since I've already decided to use the ICOM unit (might as well, right?) what is the best way to do this whole grounding thing? Or, if there's a good, but simple, book on it, what's the title?
Bob
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:14 AM, alan P < ([email][/email])> wrote:
I know how controversial the conversations can be
concerning SSB, so …lets try this on for size.
PO had a strip of copper foil the was tacked down the
length of the bilge running to the thruhull in the aft
hanging locker. That thruhull is not connected to the
bonding system. The foil then goes the ground lug on
the tuner.
The ant. is a ss 1×19 wire that runs up to an
insulator on top of the mizzen mast then over to the
top of the main mast where it is attached to small
line.
I figure I'll just leave well enough alone for the
time being. Try the Pactor modem and go from there. I
am thinking I shlould be able to get something up here
in Lake Ontario (away from the marina of course).
If that does not work well… there is always radials
right?
As for the HAM thing… I have a study guide. the test
doesn't seem to hard….I mean I just got my USCG
Masters… so…. not to dis the ham people.
alan— John Stevenson < ([email][/email])> wrote:
Alan,
I'll let Rich speak for his experience with the
SGC2000, but one of my
friends who is in the business of re-selling and
installing marine HF radios
has an SGC2000 on board. He has a similar opinion
on it as Rich expressed,
but he still uses it on board, and he is fairly
active on the Ham
frequencies. He does not do a lot of DSQing, but he
does (or used to)
participate in the most of the cruisers nets on the
East Coast and the
Caribbean. I think if he ever went cruising (never
happen) he would upgrade
the SSB – he buys radios wholesale. In the meantime
it meets his needs.
So I think whether the SGC2000 sucks for you depends
on how important it is
in your cruising plans and where you cruise. If
you're just going to the
Caribbean for a few years and have a Ham license,
the SGC is probably
adequate. If you want to cross an ocean maybe you
should consider an
upgrade. I assume you have the SGC230 tuner, which
most knowledgeable
people consider the best. That's what I use with my
802. So if you decide
to upgrade the SSB don't let the SGC230 go, it will
work with just about any
marine SSB.
That Pactor modem will put a lot of demand on your
radio so that should be a
good test of the adequacy of the SGC for your needs.
If you can reliably
connect to SailMail or Winlink, why upgrade? Of
course success with
SailMail and Winlink has as much to do with the
quality of the counterpoise
as it does with the HF radio.
With regard to Winlink and Sailmail. Last summer,
sailing back to the US, I
found it very difficult to connect to Winlink, but
consistently connected to
SailMail. That even though there were a lot more
stations in the Winlink
network and generally better propagation available
than to the single
SailMail station in Europe (Brussels). Eventually I
stopped attempting to
connect to Winlink and used SailMail the rest of the
way. Once I was within
1500 nm of the US SailMail stations I was able to
connect reliably with
them. I did have to request additional time from
SailMail – you are limited
to 90 minutes in any 7 consecutive days. I never
discovered or got an
explanation of why I had such great success with
SailMail and such little
success with Winlink.John
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 6:27 AM, alan P
< ([email][/email])> wrote:Rich,
Does your SGC-2000 suck that bad. My boat camewith
one and a tuner. I have not had much time to play
with
it so I don't know how “good” it is. Although I
have
talked to some guy from Texas and have listened
to
one of the cruisers net when the weather is right
and
the stars are aligned. I have purchased a pactor
modem this winter and plan to start messingaround.
alan
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