Bill,

I already had an ais receive only antenna mounted on the top of the mizzen
dedicated to the AIS only.



I have now purchased an AIS transceiver and my question was where do I mount
the GPS dome for the new AIS unit?



Thanks for all of your work, photos and advice on our boats.

Fair Winds

Eric

Amel Super Maramu #376 Kimberlite







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From: amelyachtowners@...
[mailto:amelyachtowners@...] On Behalf Of Judy and Bill aboard
SV BeBe
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:54 AM
To: amelyachtowners@...
Subject: [Amel] Re: Mounting of AIS GPS ANTENNA





Eric,

You will loose a lot of distance with VHF by mounting it low.

Our AIS receiver which currently shares the AM/FM antenna on the main mast.
The AM/FM antenna on SM #387 is identical to the VHF antenna. I used a BNC
"T" to split the antenna wire for the radio and the AIS receiver. I have
noticed no problems with either the radio or the AIS receiver. This will not
work for a AIS transponder, but, I am considering buying a small antenna for
the radio, placing it inside the radio drawer. This will leave the AM/FM
antenna exclusively for the AIS transponder.

On SM #387, the triadic stay is rigged with insulators and the coax cable
from the stay terminates in a coil behind the radio/Hydra drawer. I think it
is too long for proper VHF (300mhtz = 1.6 feet of antenna for one-half of
the signal's total wavelength), but possibly could be used to receive AM/FM,
freeing up the Main Mast AM/FM antenna for your transponder.

Let me know what you do.

Best,

Bill
s/v BeBe, SM2k, #387
currently Malaysia

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