Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:18:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.indian-creek.net ([209.176.40.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.6) with ESMTP id 2661624 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:15:46 -0500 Received: from pavilion (sl39.du.indian-creek.net [209.176.40.55] toucan@78055.com) by mail.indian-creek.net with SMTP (IOA-IPAD 4.0rc2/96) id 5S52A00 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:16:07 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <004a01c39ca5$b8118a40$3728b0d1@pavilion> From: "Jim Cameron" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: ELT antennas in the Legacy X-Original-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:16:40 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0047_01C39C73.69667400" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C39C73.69667400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for all the responses. The general wisdom is that the Jim = Weir-type foil antennas aren't supposed to work inside a carbon skin, = although one builder says they do. I think I'll go for putting a foil = antenna inside the rear part of the center console. Might be a problem = if the plane were to land upside down, but otherwise it would be = transmitting through e-glass and plexi. Incidentally, the antennas sold by Advanced Aircraft, or whatever = they call themselves, look like fancy ($149) versions of Jim Weir's foil = antennas, which cost maybe fifty cents and work very well in the right = circumstances. Jim Cameron Legacy in the works. ------=_NextPart_000_0047_01C39C73.69667400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Thanks for all the=20 responses. The general wisdom is that the Jim Weir-type foil = antennas=20 aren't supposed to work inside a carbon skin, although one builder says = they=20 do. I think I'll go for putting a foil antenna inside the rear = part of the=20 center console. Might be a problem if the plane were to land = upside down,=20 but otherwise it would be transmitting through e-glass and = plexi.

Incidentally, the = antennas=20 sold by Advanced Aircraft, or whatever they call themselves, look like = fancy=20 ($149) versions of Jim Weir's foil antennas, which cost maybe fifty = cents and=20 work very well in the right circumstances.

Jim Cameron

Legacy in the works.

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