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Go to http://www.winlink.org. There you will find answers to many of your questions re modems, weatherfax, etc., etc. If you become a HAM all that you want is available free. It is also available via Marine SSB, but at a cost, from nominal to expensive. As far as radios go you first have to decide i...

See my May 12 posting re lifelines added to ground.

Check out this site for some good antenna/tuner/grounding info:

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f13 ... -1416.html

With a good tuner the insulated backstay is among the best you can do. I, and many others using ham/ssb have found the Dynaplate not worth the expense (let alone the holes in the hull). About 25 square feet of copper sheet is much better, and you can ground by attaching 3" or 4" copper str...

Most tuners made by the ham radio companies, i.e. Icom, Kenwood, and Yeasu may no allow you to tune marine ssb freqs. All manual tuners will alow this. There are auto tuners that will do same; google ssb tuners.

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Call sign is N6JUN- Doug gave some great info! FYI while recently in the Keys I was talking to the west coast, Texas, and Mexico nearly every day. HAM is a great hobby as well as extremely useful in an emergency.

If you cruise only in the U.S. SSB is not necessary, considering VHF weather available everywhere, and Email via many sources. If you want to go to the Bahamas, Caribbean, Mexico, etc., SSB is very useful for weather, not only from NOAA, but from other boaters, and Email via SSB. I am a HAM (25 year...

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(Letter I sent to this establishment, and highly recommend :D ) Feb. 19, 2008 Brooks Busey Sadler Point Marina 4669 Roosevelt Court Jacksonville, FL 32210 Brooks, During our ICW cruise from Maine to the Keys our boat, Priority Won, a PDQ 34 MV power cat, was in need of some work and service, requiri...