I am rebuilding a windlass. My current portable vertex VHF has the normal bendy antenna. I am debating removing the nose mounted antenna and just using the portable antenna. Is it worth buying the SMA to BNC adaptor and using the nose antenna. Materially better signal? Or has the tech progressed in ...

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I am in the process of overhauling/rebuilding/refurbishing a windlass 503. The electric starter has no bendix and seems to be permanently driven by the engine. This seems wierd as it will put load on and wear the starter. Is this normal for this older engine?

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