X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 15:41:12 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <5zq@cox.net> Received: from eastrmmtao01.cox.net ([68.230.240.38] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0) with ESMTP id 810351 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Nov 2005 07:40:28 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.240.38; envelope-from=5zq@cox.net Received: from OFFICE ([68.110.249.147]) by eastrmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP id <20051101123906.TLHB13165.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@OFFICE> for ; Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:39:06 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <038101c5dee1$530324d0$6401a8c0@OFFICE> From: "Bill&Sue" <5zq@cox.net> X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: antennae X-Original-Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:39:38 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_037E_01C5DEB7.69D75BB0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_037E_01C5DEB7.69D75BB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On our 320 we have 10 antennae, all internal. Eight work perfectly, one = doesn't work and one works great most of the time.=20 The one that doesn't seem to work when mounted internally is the = StrikeFinder. It hangs from the top of the fuselage behind the baggage = bulkhead. It's mounted on the underside of a big aluminum ground plane. = The StrikeFinder lights up when there are storms in the area but has no = directionality. Hollis Helms mounted his outside on the belly and it = works fine. The one that works great MOST of the time is the transponder. It's an = AAE mounted on the fuselage side just ahead of the tail. No problem = unless we're heading directly toward the radar site. In this = circumstance I believe that the firewall blocks the signal and ATC = sometimes looses our transponder. A slight turn in either directions = will get us back in radar contact. I'm mounting a standard transponder = antenna externally on the belly under the passenger seat to solve this = problem. Bill Harrelson 5zq@cox.net N5ZQ 320 1,100 hrs N6ZQ IV 3.793% ------=_NextPart_000_037E_01C5DEB7.69D75BB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On our 320 we have 10 antennae, all internal. Eight work perfectly, = one=20 doesn't work and one works great most of the time.
 
The one that doesn't seem to work when mounted internally is the=20 StrikeFinder. It hangs from the top of the fuselage behind the baggage=20 bulkhead. It's mounted on the underside of a big aluminum ground = plane. The=20 StrikeFinder lights up when there are storms in the area but has no=20 directionality. Hollis Helms mounted his outside on the belly and it = works=20 fine.
 
The one that works great MOST of the time is the transponder. = It's an=20 AAE mounted on the fuselage side just ahead of the tail. No problem = unless we're=20 heading directly toward the radar site. In this circumstance I believe = that the=20 firewall blocks the signal and ATC sometimes looses our = transponder. A=20 slight turn in either directions will get us back in radar contact. I'm = mounting=20 a standard transponder antenna externally on the belly under the = passenger seat=20 to solve this problem.
 
Bill Harrelson
N5ZQ 320 1,100 hrs
N6ZQ   IV  3.793%
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