Re: Antenna Hidden
A buddy of mine stuffed his antenna underneath the bow seats of his 19' bowrider. This won't give you the full range (maybe 1 or 2 miles) but it's not hard mounted either. In case of emergency he pulls it out and holds it in his hand.
OMG!!!! Ever hear or ERP?
This is not good practice. Although it's not totally agreed science the effect RF has on the body< especially 5 watts, with the radiator in your hand, I'll leave you with this,
if you took a fluorescent light bulb and held it to the antenna while you keyed it up, the antenna sends out enough energy to light it up.
your microwave, granted it's higher frequency, and highly uni-directional but still
A tower worker several years ago at my work while servicing some hardware never checked to makesure all transmitters on that tower were powered down upon climbing. not only was he directly in the path of radiation, he sat down the arm that hold a live antenna. Transmitting at 469mhz, at 50watts he suffered major organ damage and burns.
Bill