Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 07:56:08 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta5.rcsntx.swbell.net ([151.164.30.29] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b7) with ESMTP id 1731365 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 02:46:33 -0400 Received: from stingray ([64.218.66.6]) by mta5.rcsntx.swbell.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 (built May 7 2001)) with SMTP id <0H2B00H12C5MRY@mta5.rcsntx.swbell.net> for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 12 Sep 2002 01:46:34 -0500 (CDT) X-Original-Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 01:57:22 -0500 From: Gary Fitzgerald Subject: [LML] Re: LNC 2 nav antenna X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-id: <001201c25a29$a56da320$0642da40@stingray> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: Dick, I'm also not flying yet, but my homemade-from-RST-parts NAV antenna will also go on the top of tha baggage area, as recommended in the Lancair accessories catalog. Come to think of it, since my plane's still upside down from completing the wings, I'll probably put it there this weekend. (I'm also planning to put the ELT antenna right behind the pilot's seat, and the COM2 antenna on the wall right behind the passenger seat. Yeah, I know that's a lot of reflectors within about a quarter wavelength of each other...) These RST antennas seem to work pretty good. I can pick up my 2 local VORs (about 5 and 15 miles away) with my scanner, and the signal is strong enough so that I can't squelch it off. A while ago someone asked about an antenna for an AM/FM radio. I plan on multiplexing my NAV antenna. The FM band is just below the VHF navaid band, and I'm pretty sure automotive AM/FM radios also use 50 ohm cable (if not, I guess I'll have to come up with some impedance-matching circuit or coil). Also, I read somewhere that FM stations broadcast a pretty significant horizontally polarized signal (for home stereos) in addition to the vertically polarized signal they broadcast for car radios. If not, well, there's always the CD player... Gary