> One thought came to mind: Placing an antenna in the glare shield might put
> it significantly in the RF shadow of the (carbon) aircraft.


We have an e-glass 320 and mounted a 1/4 wave (just a piece of tv type
ribbon wire) antenna on the cockpit floor. It works WAY too good. At any
altitude above 1000 ft you pick up stations (at least one) on every single
frequency. A somewhat less efficient antenna might help filter out some of
the stations 200 miles away. So...with this in mind, my guess would be that
an antenna on the glare shield of a carbon bird might be just about perfect.
Let us know how this vital piece of equipment works out.

Bill
harrelson@erols.com
N5ZQ   LNC2   O-320