It does need 2 antennas, but they can't be next to each other.Figuratively speaking of course. I'll use an electronics firm (probably A1 Marine in Hamble) to do the fit as the manual for the V60B (easiest, most cost effective route from existing V50 AIS receive only to AIS transceive) says:
NOTE: Two VHF antennas are needed for V60-B, one for VHF and one for AIS.
COuld that be a Television antenna?I just noticed there is something on the mast above the radar. Could this be an ATE? Boat not in my possession yet so can't get a closer look.
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The disc at the top is a TV antenna but I was wondering about the tubular thing on the front of the mast.COuld that be a Television antenna?
I hadn't even noticed that!!!The disc at the top is a TV antenna but I was wondering about the tubular thing on the front of the mast.
What tubular thing? I can only see a radar and what looks like an LED nav light. (Doesn’t look like a steaming light which is odd?)The disc at the top is a TV antenna but I was wondering about the tubular thing on the front of the mast.
Perhaps a deck light below the radar and the steaming light slightly lower than the spreadersWhat tubular thing? I can only see a radar and what looks like an LED nav light. (Doesn’t look like a steaming light which is odd?)
Or a splitter.Figuratively speaking of course. I'll use an electronics firm (probably A1 Marine in Hamble) to do the fit as the manual for the V60B (easiest, most cost effective route from existing V50 AIS receive only to AIS transceive) says:
NOTE: Two VHF antennas are needed for V60-B, one for VHF and one for AIS.
Mine missed me by inches-- en route between Newlyn & Milford haven. Smashed onto the deck & bounced over the side. It was a 100mm diam job so came down with a fair old crash.If you do fit one of those lightweight tube affairs, get as high as you can and fix on with zip-lock ties, that way when the sun destroys the ties and it drops on your head you'll know it's time for a new one.
I can only see a radar and what looks like an LED nav light. (Doesn’t look like a steaming light which is odd?)
Just to add to the debate 3G and 4G Radars which are quite common now do not work on a pulse echo so radar reflectors etc not effect to the same extent. !!!???None whatsoever. Radar has wavelengths measured in centimetres or tens of centimetres; light has wavelengths of 400-700 nanometres. The reflecting element has to have a length of at least a half wavelength to work at all; many times that to make an effective retroreflector. The individual reflecting elements on reflective tape are sub-millimetre in size; radar wavelengths won't see them, let alone be reflected by them.
I note you have either 3 or 4G Broadband radar which does not work on a pulse echo !!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????I just noticed there is something on the mast above the radar. Could this be an ATE? Boat not in my possession yet so can't get a closer look.
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