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Hello Neal:

The Specifications section of the ELT manual list a VSWR of <1.5:1 at 121.5 MHz
and <1.4:1 at 243 MHz. I don't have the TSO handy, sorry.

Regards
Brent

Neal Garvin wrote:

> Brent,
>
> regarding your message:
> >>>Per those instructions " Other .. antennas may be used
> provided they meet the minimum VSWR requirements". <<<
>
> Do the instructions state what the VSWR requirements are?
>
> I made a coper foil tape antenna with ferrite beads etc. and trimmed it with
> Knuckolls' VSWR. I don't recall exactly what I got, but I do remember it was
> the best antenna in the airplane. Probably because the coax was only about
> 12" long and I tuned it to 121.5
>
> Neal Garvin
> Glasair SIIS-RG N15F
> 500 hrs and still lovin' it!
> MMK, CT

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