I think most of us remember the feeling . . . a university term paper that is assigned months in advance  . . . that hangs, unstarted, in the air all winter, clouding otherwise pleasant moments of respite . . .  and as such, the Canadian Coast Guard Radio inspector asked me to create an “Antenna Map” for the COLUMBIA III and he gave me a year to comply . .

How could 10 months slip by so quickly . . . .

But I do like a challenge, especially if it taxes my paltry drafting skills . . .  Despite the fact that every antenna has installed by me over the years it took quite a bit of reverse engineering to trace each antenna back to its source. As I like a tidy wheel house and my wire bundles are nicely routed and secured, I had to cut most of the cable bundles free of their zap-straps to allow me to connect each electronic unit to its antenna. I figured it out, but now my wheel house looks like someone threw a grenade in the door . . .. .

But I do take pleasure in the results . . .