SSS Wisdom Pool: I'll need to install a HF radio (SSB or Amateur) on my Wyliecat 30 for the 2010 PacCup. The most obvious problem is the lack of a backstay to use as the main antenna. I'm installing an emergency rudder/"Antrim head" arrasngement using the outboard engine socket at the lower end and a newly designed top rail that will extend beyond the transom at the top. I'm thinking of installing an Outbacker marine HF antenna on that rail as the main HF antenna, with a backup long wire to be hoisted on a halyard. An alternative is to run a long wire from the pulpit to the top of the mast, again using a hoisted backup. Any thoughts on these ideas? Anyone use the Outbacker? Other thoughts?
Thanks, Pat Broderick "Nancy" (Wyliecat 30)
Thanks, Pat Broderick "Nancy" (Wyliecat 30)