I'll say, if they don't get their GI exam, they may very well end up impacted.

A lot of ham radio accessories use power injectors at the transceiver to power remote antenna switches, tuners, etc. I think coax just fell out of use before PoE really came out in force.

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sorry, s/naval/maritime/ they're not going to war.

Very good point. Also, per the FCC's rules, a ham radio operator must obtain permission from the pilot or captain of the ship when operating an amateur radio station aboard an aeronautical, or naval vessel.

I didn't RTFA, but a 100watt 20m rig would cover significant distances (I myself have made 4000mi. contacts on 20m here at the bottom of the solar cycle) during daylight hours and a half wave dipole for 20m would only be 10m long, much shorter than the 30+ you specified. In fact, with a simple antenna tuner, you could probably use an even shorter end-fed wire and still get decent results.