Re: VHF/Hailer/Fog Horn Suggestions

Have you considered mounting the speaker on the KISS pole or the radar
pole?


"Geoff Schultz" <geoff"at"@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Wayne.B <waynebatrecdotboats@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:00:13 -0500, Geoff Schultz
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>>>I've been trying to decide where to mount the hailer.  I had wanted to
>>>mount it just above by foredeck light, but after looking at the
>>>dimensions, I don't want to have my tape-drive jib swinging past a 9"+
>>>protrusion on a regular basis, even if there is a guard.
>>>
>>>So, I was thinking of mounting the hailer just above the jib box.  I
>>>have a 7/8 rig.  A person who used to commission Freedoms commented
>>>that he was afriad that this was too high.  I would have thought that
>>>the higher, the better as the sound would carry further.  Any
>>>thoughts?
>>>
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>> What about hanging it under a mast spreader or mounted on the forward
>> tip of the bow pulpit?
>
> I don't have spreaders.  I have a carbon fiber mast.  The bow pulpit was
> suggested by someone else, but I'm just worried about having it washed 
> away
> in big seas.  On a fairly regular basis the bow gets buried.
>
> -- Geoff
> www.GeoffSchultz.org