Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #38645
From: Steve Rosenzweig <rosenzweig2@verizon.net>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Nav antennas
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 09:29:24 -0500
To: <lml>
I'm looking for some feedback from the group regarding Nav antenna performance for different configurations of antennas.
 
I currently have dual Nav/Comms that share one antenna for the Nav side.  This includes VOR/LOC/GS functions.  The antenna coax goes to the input of a diplexer and the two outputs each go to one of the Nav receivers.  The nav/comms are Apollo SL30 which have built in recievers for VOR/LOC/GS.  The problem I've seen since I acquired the airplane has been poor performance with the LOC & G/S from either nav indicator.  VOR from both is good however.
 
Has anyone noticed degraded performance using a single antenna for VOR/LOC/GS functions?  Are there any special diplexers that could be used to improve degraded performance? or possibly a need to install a seperate antenna for each receiver?  I'm not sure what kind of Nav antenna the builder used, but it is installed in the horizontal stab.
 
thanks
 
Steve Rosenzweig
Lancaster, CA
LNC360
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