X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:21:24 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.8) with ESMTP id 976291 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 09 Feb 2006 16:06:32 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.70; envelope-from=aadamson@highrf.com Received: from ibm67aec.bellsouth.net ([68.215.217.33]) by imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060209210347.QNKG16969.imf22aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm67aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:03:47 -0500 Received: from Typhoon ([68.215.217.33]) by ibm67aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20060209210344.EGLQ23303.ibm67aec.bellsouth.net@Typhoon> for ; Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:03:44 -0500 From: "Alan K. Adamson" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" Subject: RE: [LML] My solution to Comm Antenna ground plane X-Original-Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:03:30 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <001501c62dbc$47a64b60$0501a8c0@highrf.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcYtnVXYuj7EviJBS/afQ824XnmzKgAHrrMQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 In-Reply-To: As a revision to the below. I tried the solder approach on a scrap, it cooked the laminate below the solder point and the material was noticeable more brittle at the spot that any surrounding area. So I'll fall back and punt and use some copper based NO-OX that I got when I put my grounding system in my house... :) Off to test conductivity of that material now :)... Alan -----Original Message----- From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Alan K. Adamson Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:22 PM To: Lancair Mailing List Subject: [LML] My solution to Comm Antenna ground plane Got this idea from someone else on the LML. http://www.highrf.com/gallery/Feb-06?page=2 Last 4 pictures (as of 2.9.06). I'll cover the radials with 2 bid of some really light glass that I have. Backplate will be soldered with low temp and some SMT flux to wick in a little solder around the edges, then the nutplate will go on that back of all of that. I'll drill and countersink a screw from the bottom with a nut and star washer on the inside and run that back to the central ground. Same will happen on the transponder. Altho it will be 2" square approx. Marker beacon will be harder and I'll give and paint it on... Should work a great.... I hope :) ( guess I'll put my antenna analyzer on it when I'm done... It pays to have been a ham for 20+ years, it's amazing the stuff you gather) Alan -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/lml/