My antennas are mounted on the radar arch and that seems to work well. One does have to drill a hole in the arch to feed the cable down through the arch and into the cabin. Or, and I have done this, one can just zip tie the coax to the arch and feed it through a hole in the cabin roof. I didn't like either the look of that or the vulnerability of the cable to grabs, hooks, etc.
Good deal on Morad VHF antenna
- Thread starter Larry H
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Sunbeam,
I have one 4 ft (port side, mounted on the cabin top near the grab rail), and one 8ft mounted the same way on the Starboard side. They are both put up at the dock before leaving, and when lowered, both are secured. The 4ft is wrapped with velcro at the antenna top, and wrapped around the hand rail to keep the tip from bouncing on the cabin roof when in tow. The 8ft does extend aft of the cabin top trailing edge. It is covered with a section of pipe insulation (that pool noodle stuff) that protects the cabin top, and extends past the top of the antenna to protect the antenna tip and keep anyone from running into that. It is secured down to the cabin bulkhead hand rail. Yup, it does take a bit more time, but both the cabin top and the antennae are protected.
The 8ft shares via a splitter, the AM-FM-Weather radio receiver, and a RayMarine VHF. The 4 ft is dedicated to the Standard Horizon 2150 VHF and on board AIS receiver. The fewest amount of antennae for the most receiver/VHF services is how I like to think of it.
The antenna placement is really no hassle. But, to each his own.
Harvey
SleepyC:moon
You can see the foam pipe cover (brown) over the port side cockpit. I am short enough the it barley takes a slight duck to get under it when climbing into the boat when on the trailer.
I have one 4 ft (port side, mounted on the cabin top near the grab rail), and one 8ft mounted the same way on the Starboard side. They are both put up at the dock before leaving, and when lowered, both are secured. The 4ft is wrapped with velcro at the antenna top, and wrapped around the hand rail to keep the tip from bouncing on the cabin roof when in tow. The 8ft does extend aft of the cabin top trailing edge. It is covered with a section of pipe insulation (that pool noodle stuff) that protects the cabin top, and extends past the top of the antenna to protect the antenna tip and keep anyone from running into that. It is secured down to the cabin bulkhead hand rail. Yup, it does take a bit more time, but both the cabin top and the antennae are protected.
The 8ft shares via a splitter, the AM-FM-Weather radio receiver, and a RayMarine VHF. The 4 ft is dedicated to the Standard Horizon 2150 VHF and on board AIS receiver. The fewest amount of antennae for the most receiver/VHF services is how I like to think of it.
The antenna placement is really no hassle. But, to each his own.
Harvey
SleepyC:moon
You can see the foam pipe cover (brown) over the port side cockpit. I am short enough the it barley takes a slight duck to get under it when climbing into the boat when on the trailer.