Marine Radio using Aviation Antennae

You could try the Ham radio market. What you are looking for is an
Antenna Tuner
for the 70cm band. What you want is an antenna tuner that can capactively
"shorten" the 22" aircraft antenna and cause it to match the frequencies
that would
normally use a 17" antenna. You might want to look at www.aesham.com.

Wayne Paul wrote:

Doug,

Most aircraft antenna's are 1/4 wave length (about 22 inches.) A quarter
wavelength on marine frequencies is approximately 17 and a half inches.
This is out of the range of most handheld matching circuits. My conclusion
is that the answer to your question is no.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/Schreder


"Doug" wrote in message
...


I want to get a handheld marine radio for my amphib Husky. I wouild like


to


plug it in to my aviation outside antennae that I have installed for my
aviation handheld. Will this work? Marine frequencies are
a.. TX 156.025-157.425 MHz
b.. RX 156.025-163.275 MHz
(from the Icom web site).