Vhf Location?
 

i want to mount my vhf inside the cuddy to starboard. just behind the dash.
i have heard this will interfere with the compass.
is this true?
you see, at some point i plan to get a compass.

Yes, depends on how close to the compass though.

keep the antenna cable away from the compass also, anything with a speaker in it will alter a compass. I've seen flashlights, binoculars, stereos, cameras, and even a box of oil filters alter the reading on a compass.

As said, it will interfere, but most compasses have compensators that you can adjust to calibrate the compass back. I would suggest just getting a a hand held berring compass. That way you can hold it up away from any metal and get a true magnetic north reading. I have a handheld anyway just to double check my mounted compass. I think they're about 12 dollars at West.

Years back i saw a steel beer can screw your compass reading up! Put us about 20 miles from our destination.:beer:

Install all you want to the boat, then take it to a boat yard and have them adjust the compass for you, now you have all and it works great!!

I have not had a compass in 8 years at least!! what you need it for any how??

what if your gps fails and you get stuck in the fog?:nut:

You drop the hook, grab a beer, cast a line and wait...

I get your point but at some point you have to trust your electronics not to crap out on you randomly. And for the cost of a good mounted compass you can pick up a cheapo handheld GPS as a back up to keep on board. I have a GPSmap 60 that goes with me on bigger trips and is also great for land excursions, double duty.

-Svence

Vhf...
 

Charlie, I mounted my AM/FM/CD inside the CC, behind the dash, and it gets wet, ?????, plus all the humidity that condenses inside the cabin, the radio lasted only a couple of months. I will mount a new one later, but not inside the CC. I have water leaks from the screws/holes which support the long black rubber guard that runs around the boat.

Look at the picture to see how I installed my VHF, and believe me, this corners behind the windshield, are the two dryest places on my V20, is like majic, stuff does NOT get wet here, dont ask me why, and I do get rough seas when sailing to Culebra Island.

I made an extension "table" for the VHF using 1/4" starboard, and that way managed to sit all three gadgets in the dash top. As far as the wet-compass, really do not know how acurate it is because I pay little attention to it, but it matches the GPS fairly OK when naving, I see errors, but only a couple of degrees.
I asked myself the same question, but when I mount the gear ( I keep it in the house when not in use ) I see no movement on the Card, I can assure you of that. The VHF mount is aluminum Icom OEM, and the mounting screws are all SS of course.
By the way, the wood "table" in the instrument panel is a cover plate for the holes that the black panel had, I mounted the Voltmeter and Fuel Gauge somewhere else. The table serves well for the Cell, Glasses, Binoculars, food, etc.

JT

Picture of VHF location....
 

JT

didn't all v20's come with a mounted compass:head:

maybe.
shot when i got her.
we aint all rich.
cant afford a gps either.
thankfully, i've only been as far as 12 miles off so far.
gonna need some nav equipment if i wanna go further off.

O stop it you have more then all of us!! Grab a $200 hand held and you are set to go!

y'know, i thought i made a decent living but i see you guys with all these toys and goin out and buyin sh!t whenever you want. . . . . i dont get it.

anyway, this is about a radio. . . . not all the sh!t i cant afford.

dik.

:love:

Give me the hard top and I'll buy you the same gps MJ has.

Beer can caused you to miss destination???
 

Shubey, you sure it wasn't the liquid INSIDE the can that caused you to miss your destination??? Denial ain't just a river in Egypt my friend.

I can't tell you how many times beer cans have caused me to end up somewhere that I didn't plan on being....lol

I think you have the same problem as I do.

Whenever I visit my Italian banker friend, "Mafundsalo",
he usually says hey your wife and kids were just here...

yeah parish, i use his cousin mifunzalo.
he spells his name different but same here.
i just cant understand it.
i guess its just more expensive to live up here in the big apple. (the big armpit).

In your case CTT its being gay and wasting gas to look at Dolphins!!:nut:


Really now you know why I commercial fish!! I don't make crap, just enough to pay for my habit!! Gas, Oil, Line, Hooks, and small repairs.
The cost of the boat is a total wash and I will never see that cash again! But as long as I am able to pay for the daily stuff I am happy!!

I was on a pretty good roll this year as far as making money till I got sick, I have been out of work and home bound now for 6 weeks so far :cen: Thank God I work for the state and have ins and sick time!
I have racked up $17,000 in med bills in the last 6 weeks and not been to work, and all its costing me is $400
I see the Doc Monday and hope that the IV lines come out and I can start walking again so I can get some fall fishing done?

maco, unfortunately they make it almost impossible to get your commercial in new york.
the criteria are absolutely rediculous.
after they make you jump through hoops, IF you can fulfill the requirements, the commercial for summer flounder is $40,000.
i dont know how anybody gets a new one the way they try and discourage it.

and maybe if you would follow through with your doctors orders, you wouldnt keep going through this sh!t.
he tells you to stay off your feet and you cant wait to get off your a s s.

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