Number of antennas on your boat

[oGaryo]

So, I've gone and purchased another one for the radar arch!

I now have:

1: A large Glomex VHF antenna
2: A large Glomex AM/FM antenna
3: A Raymarine GPS mushroom
4: A smaller AIS receiver antenna, was using the VHF antenna but wasn't happy that it degraded VHF performance
5: A large Glomex digital TV dome
6: Raymarine raydome
7: And now a small WIFI antenna with Tube-U thingy that connects to an Alfa R36 WAP down below

It's all starting to look a bit 'bristly'.

Can I consolidate any of the above with degrading performance of signals?

cheers Gary

 

[kashurst]

I think you can use your VHF as the AM/FM ariel with a suitable splitter - but the rest I think you are stuck with

 

[jfm]

Yup, you're mostly stuck with them. I hate the things. I had all my GPS mushooms (4 off: main one, spare, dedicated AIS and dedicated stabilisers) plus my navtex aerial and a few other bits mounted inside my dummy sat TV dome to clean up the look of the mast. So you could do that: buy a Sat TV dome and put everything inside it apart from the long whip aerials

 

[alt]

I am just about getting away with a non-clutter radar arch...

1) VHF antenna
2) TV antenna
3) GPS antenna
4) 3g/4g antenna

The AM/FM antenna is... somewhere on the boat, but not the radar arch

 

[rosssavage]

Vhf 1
Vhf 2
Ais
Fm radio upper
Fm radio lower
GPS 1
GPS 2
Searchlight
Radar
Sat TV
Radar reflector (only fitted at sea)

 

[beltsandbraces]

on the upside you wont get seagulls nesting up there

 

[prv]

1. VHF antenna: at the masthead. The radio also does AIS, so I get to dual-use the antenna without a splitter.
2. Raymarine GPS antenna: sikaflexed flat on the deck just in front of the windscreen.
3. NMEA GPS puck for DSC and AIS: cable tied underneath the side deck, behind the nav panel.
4. Garmin GPS antenna for old chart-and-GPS navigating: sikaflexed under the side deck behind the nav panel.
5. Stereo aerial: not fitted yet, but will probably be a ribbon type along the side of the hull.

Not much bristling going on here

Pete

 

[tinkicker0]

So, I've gone and purchased another one for the radar arch!

I now have:

1: A large Glomex VHF antenna
2: A large Glomex AM/FM antenna
3: A Raymarine GPS mushroom
4: A smaller AIS receiver antenna, was using the VHF antenna but wasn't happy that it degraded VHF performance
5: A large Glomex digital TV dome
6: Raymarine raydome
7: And now a small WIFI antenna with Tube-U thingy that connects to an Alfa R36 WAP down below

It's all starting to look a bit 'bristly'.

Can I consolidate any of the above with degrading performance of signals?

cheers Gary

Are you overcompensating for something G?