Questions tagged [marine]
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Suggestions for HF antenna for occasional use on my sailboat
I have had a license since I was a kid, but have not touched anything ham radio related in years. I have been thinking about diving back in and combining it with my sailing. I'm looking for thoughts on an HF antenna that I can easily deploy when…
Jim Archer
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Beamwidth of omni-directional antenna with gain
I am looking to buy a wifi antenna for a boat to connect to shore based wireless hotspots that may be "far" away. Due to the waves, I am assuming that the antenna mast sways +-15° from vertical. The antenna will be mounted approximately 18m above…
Mathias Schultz
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Icom 705 USB link to Raspberry Pi4 running OpenCPN
Anyone have a similar setup? If so what kind of data our of the 705 can we leverage onto the NMEA 2K network (on a boat)? Also, (going the other direction) is there a Debian Bullseye HAM app that can auto tune the freq on the 705?
I'm about to dig…
Kelly Sanders
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