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Ben
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Initially Posted - 07/06/2004 :  07:53:51  Show Profile
Hi All,

I attached my VHF antennae this year before my WK sprung a leak. Last year I never bothered to stick it on. Anyway, it's a thin wire type with two bends, not much thicker than a wire clothes hanger, and it sticks into a reddish rubber thingamagig at the top of the mast. Is it normal for the antenae to swing around in that rubber piece holding it. I can feel metal inside the rubber bit. The rubber part is simply a sleave I suspect.

thanks, and happy belated 4th!
Ben
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lcharlot
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Antigua and Barbuda
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Response Posted - 07/06/2004 :  08:11:09  Show Profile
What brand is the antenna - Metz or Shakespere? If Metz, the red rubber thing is just a sleeve to keep water out of the connector. The whip should not be "swinging around", the actual connection between the loading coil and the antenna whip is a compression fitting, and it should hold the whip tightly with no free play. Slide the red rubber thing off so you can see the compression fitting. I am not sure what you mean when you say the antenna "has two bends" in it. The whip should be straight, with no bends. It may be damaged?
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