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The pictures have text, but some things need to be outlined.
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A great deal of attention must be paid to RF
grounding I currently have a #4 welding cable and a couple of 1"
braided cables running from the mount to the chassis. With plains to
run an additional #4 welding cable in the near future.
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I
have taken the time to bond all the doors and the hood to the frame.
This helped to reduce noise.
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Other noise on HF came from the Garmin GPS used with the Kenwood TM-D700A
for APRS. About 90% of this was solved with a ferrite filter installed
where the GPS Signal went into the TM-D700A.
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I
attempted 2 other antenna combinations before locking in on the SGC. I have
a complete set of Hustler HF antennas and bought a High Sierra "Sidekick"
both of which worked OK but wanted the instant tuning of the SGC tuner. The
SGC-230 is leftover from our sailing days and used to load the backstay on
our 32 foot Irwin Citation.
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We
have removed the SGC SG-230 and replaced it with the SGC SG-237
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The power of the Kenwood TS-480AT is only 100 watts
and it has 6m capabilities this make the SG-237 a great match.
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It's also smaller and lighter then the SG-230.
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I also added the SGC SmartLoct controller to the
system to alow the antenna to be reset or locked for split
operations.
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