FM Antenna

[Hamin' X]

I think that the reference was to Tahoe Jack's mod:


Rich

[Night Sailor]

Yep, just joking based on experience with ospreys, anhingas, cormorants, pelicans, ad nauseum using any high flat surfce above the water to nest, dive, or eat their catch.....

[zuma hans 1]

Hope you all realize that traditional over-the-air TV in two years is going to go bye bye.

I have elected not to wire TV and antenna into my boat, because NTSC TV is about to phase out.

Unless you have an new ATSC (commonly, incorrectly called HDTV) tuner or converter, your TV will not work after Feb. 17, 2009.

And ATSC - generally - does not work on moving objects.

Unless Congress and the FCC change things, that is ...

[zuma hans 1]

It should also be pointed out that satellite radio antennas seem to work below decks. I have a standard XM magnetic car antenna taped to the bottom of the boat under the kitchen sink - below the water line, and it works perfectly.

No wiring or expensive marine antenna is necessary at all.

[eric3a]

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[baldbaby2000]

Hope you all realize that traditional over-the-air TV in two years is going to go bye bye.

I have elected not to wire TV and antenna into my boat, because NTSC TV is about to phase out.

Unless you have an new ATSC (commonly, incorrectly called HDTV) tuner or converter, your TV will not work after Feb. 17, 2009.

Maybe it's for real this time. Back in the early 90's I worked on a digital TV modulation scheme in a small company. Back then I think the FCC said 2000 was the shutdown date for NTSC TV.

[ned miller]

I always take a laptop on board so the idea of using the USB tuner for HDTV sounds very interesting! I looked on eBay and the variety and price range is vast. Any advice on which one to purchase?
Ned

[eric3a]

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[Dimitri-2000X-Tampa]

Thanks for the ideas.

How about some tips on routing the wires. I tried again last night and am struggling to work out where to run the VHF coax. Probably been trying the wrong route. (down the headliner underneath the hatch channels?)

Yep, wrong route. Try going down the side of the boat. Start from under the mast, then go directly to port, using the channel under the thicker part of the cabin roof, then go down the side of the boat. Wire should come out under the forward end of the galley.

Sorry to disagree so late in the game here, but I was able to run all my new electric wiring (for mast lights) through the headliner (ceiling using hatch channels) without any problem, this also made it much easier to connect direct to the panel instead of going down through the galley and then back up again. Since my VHF radio is near the panel, this happened to be the same route that the vhf was following and there are lots of little caps all along the route that I could just pull out and put back in to run the wire.