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General Aquasport Forums => Aquasport Discussion => Topic started by: wingtime on October 01, 2012, 11:11:44 AM
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Just a little reminder tip of the day guys:
After spending the day washing your boat top to bottom be sure to lower your VHF antenna before towing your boat back to your storage yard! :roll:
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Alrighty Bruce!!! Here's the condition of the VHF antenna on my customer's Triton...
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/seabob4/StansTritonBayBoat/StansTritonBayBoat020.jpg)
You are not alone...
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Bummer. I have a 6 or 8 foot antenna that I took off my boat. Dont know too much about it , other than the plastic screw on base is broken, but but you welcome to it.
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Alrighty Bruce!!! Here's the condition of the VHF antenna on my customer's Triton...
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/seabob4/StansTritonBayBoat/StansTritonBayBoat020.jpg)
You are not alone...
That's called a half-wave antenna... :mrgreen:
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I snapped the top foot off of mine. Which considering the tip of the antenna is at least 20' off the ground thats not bad. There are black marks on it starting about half way up. I must have been smacking every street light, phone and cable line for two miles LOL. Thanks Skoot I already ordered a Gam SS-2 antenna to replace it. http://www.gamelectronicsinc.com/products/mini-series I had one on my 200XF and it worked REALLY good. Besides it will be harder to break than the glass type... also I hate the glass styles anyways.
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I did it to TWO at once, once :oops:
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Gran yall almost did the same thing to your rods on top Gone Fission at the gathering last year under the Folly Island bridge. That is until someone yelled at yall and John backed her down. It was definitely one of those "Whoa" moments! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
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You're right Lew, thanks for the yell :lol:
I'll fix you a nice "lemonade" next weekend :cheers:
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Alrighty Bruce!!! Here's the condition of the VHF antenna on my customer's Triton...
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/seabob4/StansTritonBayBoat/StansTritonBayBoat020.jpg)
You are not alone...
That's called a half-wave antenna... :mrgreen:
:thumright: :thumright:
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Alrighty Bruce!!! Here's the condition of the VHF antenna on my customer's Triton...
(http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh301/seabob4/StansTritonBayBoat/StansTritonBayBoat020.jpg)
You are not alone...
That's called a half-wave antenna... :mrgreen:
:thumright: :thumright:
I am no electronics wiz, but by God that looks more like a "short wave" antenna to me...
...just sayin' :wink:
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Been there! Backed my old Hatt into the slip with my usual panache, and the kid down the dock is screaming at me! Ignore the kid, back on in, snap x 4, there goes another antenna farm! Stupid kid, if he had'nt warned me, there would have been no witnesses. :pale:
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Been there! Backed my old Hatt into the slip with my usual panache, and the kid down the dock is screaming at me! Ignore the kid, back on in, snap x 4, there goes another antenna farm! Stupid kid, if he had'nt warned me, there would have been no witnesses. :pale:
At least they weren't triple spreader Rupps! :shock: :shock:
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This is hard to admit. But I for got to lower mine more then once, infact twice this year alone. But I at least can blame it on age. bwahahahaha :mrgreen:
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Been there! Backed my old Hatt into the slip with my usual panache, and the kid down the dock is screaming at me! Ignore the kid, back on in, snap x 4, there goes another antenna farm! Stupid kid, if he had'nt warned me, there would have been no witnesses. :pale:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
ps....Welcome home Trace :thumright:
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I am no electronics wiz, but by God that looks more like a "short wave" antenna to me...
Well look what the cat dragged in. :wink:
As Gran stated, Welcome back. :thumleft:
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I really wish I didn't have anything to contribute to this thread. I left four rods in the launchers up top. Pulled into the driveway with four grouper rigs two tip tops MIA. DOH!!!
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Gran yall almost did the same thing to your rods on top Gone Fission at the gathering last year under the Folly Island bridge. That is until someone yelled at yall and John backed her down. It was definitely one of those "Whoa" moments! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
Scott and I would have been fishing with very short rods if Lewis had not yelled! :oops: Tide was taking us under the bridge also - Black Max had to do some MAJOR reversing - thanks Lew! :salut:
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You think I would have learned but I have been fighting a cold. I brought the boat home this weekend to get some work done on her. I managed to get a few things done before I just didn't feel up to it. So I pulled the boat back to the storage yard on the way into work Monday. I went by Monday night to put the cover on but it had started raining... I climbed aboard to turn off the battery switch and make sure the cabin is locked. I look on top to the gunwale and there is my little Harbor Freight LED work light. I can't believe it rode that far without falling off! At least it wasn't another antenna. And the outriggers are MOSTLY safe in my garage. LOL
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Replaced the antenna with a stainless whip on a 2' stainless extension:
(http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j196/wingtime/1998%20245%20Explorer/IMG_20121008_180638.jpg)