[Public-list] SSB -- on Alberg 30

[George Dinwiddie]

Trevor,

I presume you're talking about grounding to make the antenna effective. 
  If that's the case, it's not really grounding you want, but 
counterpoise.  As RF frequencies travel on the surface of a conductor, 
using flat braid or copper foil is most effective, and can be run the 
length of the boat (mostly) under the cabin sole.  No actual grounding 
is needed.

  - George

Trevor Reiff wrote:
> Hello,
> Recently I purchased a Icom M710 SSB radio for our A-30 (Osprey).  Of 
> course our  primary concern is grounding, I was wondering how well the 
> cast iron ballast would work, or does the keel need to be lead? If this 
> wouldn't work, I could ground to (2) new 11/2" bronze seacocks I 
> installed for the cockpit drains, and continue to run the copper foil 
> inside the bilge and back to the tuner mounted below the backstay.  
> Anyway, I have searched around for a while trying to see if any fellow 
> A-30 owners have installed a SSB but couldn't come up with anything.  

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