X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 21:52:51 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mpmail6.buckeye-access.com ([72.240.1.242] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c7) with ESMTP id 792399 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:14:29 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=72.240.1.242; envelope-from=bknotts@buckeye-express.com Received: from [192.168.20.238] (unverified [72.240.208.126]) by buckeye-express.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 6.1.20) with ESMTP id for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:13:54 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <4363677D.9090407@buckeye-express.com> X-Original-Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 08:13:49 -0400 From: "F. Barry Knotts" Reply-To: bknotts@earthlink.net User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Lancair Mail List Subject: [LML] Re: TCAD Antenna's on a Legacy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030002050409040600080202" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030002050409040600080202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jeff Edwards wrote: >>>Here is what has worked well in my aircraft. Xpdr-- AEA non ground plane antenna in vertical tail Com 1-- COMANT whip on belly Com 2 AEA non ground plane mounted vertical in vertical tail Nav 1/ GS (work on splitter) -- Bob Archer in Left fiberglass wingtip-- (will not work in carbon wingtip) GPS 1 & 2 -- on top of radio stack under glareshield Mrkr Bcn copper strip antenna in fiberglass wing root fairing NAV antennas will not work well mounted vertically As you can see-- I have only one visible antenna.<<< Great information, Jeff. It was too late at night writing my email. It should be that my COM2 would be in the vertical stab. I know about COMANT, but who is AEA? Is your COM2 antenna essentially the type that is described in the Lancair assembly manual? Do you have a picture of your arrangement of antennas in your vertical stab? I'm really interested in the Xpdr antenna? I think I will be happier with redundant GPS antennas than have a need for two NAV antennas. Do you have any trouble with servicing your radio stack with the GPS antennas under the glareshield? How about your ELT antenna? And finally...I'm still pretty lost on a NAV antenna, even one, on a IV-P with carbon fiber wingtips. Barry Knotts LIV-P, Conti TSIO-550 --------------030002050409040600080202 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Jeff Edwards wrote:

>>>Here is what has worked well in my aircraft.
 
Xpdr-- AEA non ground plane antenna in vertical tail
Com 1-- COMANT whip on belly
Com 2 AEA non ground plane mounted vertical in vertical tail
Nav 1/ GS (work on splitter) -- Bob Archer in Left fiberglass wingtip-- (will not work in carbon wingtip)
GPS 1 & 2 -- on top of radio stack under glareshield
Mrkr Bcn  copper strip antenna in fiberglass wing root fairing
 
NAV antennas will not work well mounted vertically
 
As you can see-- I have only one visible antenna.<<<

Great information, Jeff.  It was too late at night writing my email.  It should be that my COM2 would be in the vertical stab.

I know about COMANT, but who is AEA?  Is your COM2 antenna essentially the type that is described in the Lancair assembly manual?  Do you have a picture of your arrangement of antennas in your vertical stab?  I'm really interested in the Xpdr antenna?

I think I will be happier with redundant GPS antennas than have a need for two NAV antennas.  Do you have any trouble with servicing your radio stack with the GPS antennas under the glareshield?

How about your ELT antenna?

And finally...I'm still pretty lost on a NAV antenna, even one, on a IV-P with carbon fiber wingtips.

Barry Knotts
LIV-P, Conti TSIO-550
 
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