"Well that's something you don't see everyday!"...as they say. And it isn't, although I have seen other narrowboats on the UK canal network with what I assume are amateur radio antennas. But not many.
I have also seen a small number of boats with what I assumed were CB radio antennas. Whatever floats your boat, as they say!
Those amateur radio narrowboats that I have seen usually have an assortment of VHF/UHF whip antennas and at least one, but usually more, end fed wires for HF, with an assortment of steel or telescopic carbon or glass fibre supporting masts. As is typical of the amateur radio operator, there is no lack of engineering ingenuity or creativity when it comes to erecting an effective antenna farm within your own specific constraints.
This is the narrowboat in question with a somewhat closer view of the antennas. I'd love to know the callsign of this operator because as much as I tried to exchange callsigns verbally we couldn't hear each other as we were some distance apart by the time he emerged from his boat.
If this was you, or you know who it might be, please comment below.
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