EMERGENCY AERIAL FOR CODAN 9350

Submitted: Sunday, Jun 19, 2016 at 21:27
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If you break your 9350 whip don't panic. Much has been written in earlier
entries about this subject and mostly advise to have a sat phone instead of the HF radio. Ignore that advice.. Not only are sat phones expensive and you can only call one number at a time like an ordinary phone. So if you have an emergency you better be carrying heaps of phone numbers for the area you are in ! Also, with a sat phone you can't 'chat' to various other travellers at the same time. Also. in case you don't already know, sat phones do NOT always get out. There are very many places around Australia where they simply will not work !.
If you break your 9350 whip, all you need do is remove what's left of your whip and attach a long piece of wire to the bolt on top of the black pipe tuner and attach it to any nearby tree. The higher the better.Your NGT will tune that wire, no problem. I will include a follow-up note in the next few days to provide the optimum length of wire. Incidentally, I think such emergency wire antennas are available to buy from some communication oulets. All ready to use with instructions and insulators.
Good Luck. Romska. Posted Sunday 190616 9.25pm at Mackay Qld.
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