Mounting AIS stubby

[Razorbill RIBs]

Ive seen a few what I assume to be AIS 'stubby' antennas mounted fairly low down (rather than on top of A-frame for example)..... Any 'real world' detriment to doing this? By way of copy to Biff, am i correct in thinking this is your AIS antenna on the stormchaser pic below?

[willk]

It could also be an FM antenna for the sound system!

For an RX only AIS, low down would be fine. For TX I'd want it as high up as possible.

[Daniel]

Like wilk said, we don't get excited about positioning an AIS Rx antenna... Even inside a console works well enough; for for a transceiver you'd want it up on the A-frame