Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:39:37 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m24.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3180676 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:08:41 -0400 Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m24.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v37_r1.2.) id q.145.2761638a (3972) for ; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:08:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <145.2761638a.2db696f2@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 11:08:34 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] ELT Antenna X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1082473714" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 4060 -------------------------------1082473714 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 4/20/2004 9:52:03 AM Central Standard Time, glong2@netzero.net writes: I am trying to mount the last antennal into the plane - the ELT antenna. I have the ACK ELT and their antenna. Their instructions say to mount it 5' from other antennas with a 6-pole 18" radius (36" diameter) ground plane. I do not a location that meets those requirements! Questions for those who have mounted the antenna. What did you use for the antenna? Where did you mount it? What kind of ground plane did you use? 1. Foil "Z" shaped VFH (for 121.5) antenna. 2. Mounted vertically internally on the sidewall just behind the baggage bulkhead and slightly forward of the shelf supported ACK ELT in my glass 320. 3. None. Does it work? Yep, EMI tripped the ELT in Sedona, AZ and the sattellite found me in one pass! I have not tried an accident yet. Scott Krueger AKA Grayhawk Sky2high@aol.com II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL (KARR) LML, where ideas collide and you decide! -------------------------------1082473714 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

In a message dated 4/20/2004 9:52:03 AM Central Standard Time,=20 glong2@netzero.net writes:

<= FONT=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=3DArial color=3D#000000 size= =3D2>I am=20 trying to mount the last antennal into the plane - the ELT antenna. I
h= ave=20 the ACK ELT and their antenna. Their instructions say to mount it 5'
fr= om=20 other antennas with a 6-pole 18" radius (36" diameter) ground plane. I
= do=20 not a location that meets those requirements!

Questions for those w= ho=20 have mounted the antenna.
What did you use for the=20 antenna?
Where did you mount it?
What ki= nd=20 of ground plane did you use?

1. Foil "Z" shaped VFH (for 121.5) antenna.

2. Mounted vertically internally on the sidewall just behind the baggag= e=20 bulkhead and slightly forward of the shelf supported ACK ELT in my glas= s=20 320.

3. None.

Does it work? Yep, EMI tripped the ELT in Sedona, AZ and the=20 sattellite found me in one pass! I have not tried an accident yet.

Scott Krueger=20 AKA Grayhawk
Sky2high@aol.com
II-P N92EX IO320 Aurora, IL=20 (KARR)

LML, where ideas collide and you=20 decide!

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