yjmechanic wrote:
i appreciate the advise about the usefulness but you also should be asking the use of the antenna before assuming im comprimising safety. this is a sport boat used for fun in a small 2 mile river area. the boat is never more than a few hundred feet from other boaters and never more than a mile from the marina. the looks do matter to me with an expensive sport boat. most sport boats dont even have radios, i have mine cause i think its a good idea but im not going to run around with a huge antenna hanging from a sleek sport boat when the range i need would be unnecessary, if this were an ocean going boat then i would definitely look to a longer range antenna. sorry if i sound like im being rude but i posted the same question on several forums looking for an answer and on every one i got the safety speech but no answer to my question. except on this forum where i got the answer right away. again glad to know people are looking out for safety but in this case looks can be had without compromise to safety
Rude? Nah. A bit naive, perhaps.
Expensive, and sleek sport boat. Yeah, ok, sure... thanks for the morning laughs.