Boat Forum / Electronics / June 2009

Tested a new Standard Horizon HX850S 6 Watt Floating Handheld VHF Radio
with built in GPS this past weekend (doublehanding a "turbo" 1D35 in the
Half Moon Bay Race of the Singlehanded Sailing Society of San Francisco
Bay <http://www.sfbaysss.org/>), and was very impressed.  ...

Have a look:
http://web.me.com/lesmond/Apps/Main.html

I am currently putting the finishing touches on a 16' driftboat (no
engine) and ran across another driftboat this past weekend that had a
stereo system in it. He had a battery in it that appeared to about
half the size of a car battery to power the stereo. So now I want to

I'm posting this for a friend from the forum on www.FreedomYachts.org.  I
know that there are a lot of good radio people here and not many on that
forum.
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I was recently corresponding with an individual regarding reefing points
and sent him a back-lit photo of the sails. While I was looking at it, I
realized how much the whip SSB antenna is tilted backwards (about 10
degrees), and was wondering what effect that tilt would have.

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