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1. 03:10 PM - Icom A200-Help! (Jerry2DT@aol.com)
2. 03:33 PM - antennas (bob noffs)
3. 03:46 PM - Re: antennas (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
4. 03:46 PM - Re: Icom A200-Help! (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
5. 04:30 PM - Re: antennas (Brian Lloyd)
6. 06:11 PM - Re: antennas (Robert L. Nuckolls, III)
7. 07:56 PM - Re: antennas (Dave Morris \)
8. 11:33 PM - Re: Icom A200-Help! (Mickey Coggins)
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Jerry2DT@aol.com
Listers,
This question has been asked before by others, but replies are unclear. The
good folks at Icom have put an insufficient (IMO) "wiring diagram" in their
one sheet fold-out instructions. This is not like the ones we see on this
list, so they must think we are incapable of reading a "real" one.
Now that I've vented... Has anyone out there made a genuine one for this
radio that I can beg, borrow, steal? My setup is with two of these radios, but
with no audio panel.
This might have been a mistake, trying to save weight, time, panel space,
and $$$...
Jerry Cochran
Wilsonville, OR
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "bob noffs" <icubob@newnorth.net>
hi all,
I have several antennas to install. My elt requires a ground plane. Tim at b and
c was very helpful with my questions but i question leads to 5 more. Is there
any way around a ground plane for the elt? If not, any suggestions on how to
make it in my wood/cloth fuselage? At first i thought numerous strips of thin
copper way the way to go but that looks like just more fasteners. Can a very
thin sheet be laid down in the fuse. bottom? It wouldnt exactly be flat with
all the woodworking to go around.
Also, my dipole comm must be vertical. No more than 45 deg slant. is 30 deg vastly
better than 45 deg and is 15 deg vastly better than 30 deg. Are these slanted
antennas going to noticeably going to affect transmission/ reception that
much anyway?
Anyone want to volunteer a phone number to me off list? i have more questions
every time i get one answered.
Thanks in advance, bob noffs
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckollsr@cox.net>
At 05:30 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "bob noffs" <icubob@newnorth.net>
>
>hi all,
> I have several antennas to install. My elt requires a ground plane. Tim
> at b and c was very helpful with my questions but i question leads to 5
> more. Is there any way around a ground plane for the elt? If not, any
> suggestions on how to make it in my wood/cloth fuselage? At first i
> thought numerous strips of thin copper way the way to go but that looks
> like just more fasteners. Can a very thin sheet be laid down in the fuse.
> bottom? It wouldnt exactly be flat with all the woodworking to go around.
If it's wood and fabric, I'd go with a vertical dipole wrapped
around the inside surface of the fuselage. Perhaps on side opposite
your comm dipole cited below and separated some fore/aft as well . . .
> Also, my dipole comm must be vertical. No more than 45 deg slant. is 30
> deg vastly better than 45 deg and is 15 deg vastly better than 30 deg.
> Are these slanted antennas going to noticeably going to affect
> transmission/ reception that much anyway?
No . . . the lion's share of antenna performance happens
in the first 25% of length each side of center (about 5")
meaning that things you do with the last 15" per side are
not terribly critical. Get as much of the center section for
both antennas as vertical as practical, then wrap the ends
around the inside surface of the fuselage.
They'll drop in center frequency as you "fold" them so you
MIGHT want to check them with an SWR/Antenna analyzer and
trim them for optimum.
> Anyone want to volunteer a phone number to me off list? i have more
> questions every time i get one answered.
Let's do it on the list. If your questions are worth
asking, then they're worth sharing too.
Bob . . .
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Subject: | Re: Icom A200-Help! |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckollsr@cox.net>
At 06:01 PM 2/9/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Jerry2DT@aol.com
>
>Listers,
>
>This question has been asked before by others, but replies are unclear. The
>good folks at Icom have put an insufficient (IMO) "wiring diagram" in their
>one sheet fold-out instructions. This is not like the ones we see on this
>list, so they must think we are incapable of reading a "real" one.
>
>Now that I've vented... Has anyone out there made a genuine one for this
>radio that I can beg, borrow, steal? My setup is with two of these
>radios, but
>with no audio panel.
>This might have been a mistake, trying to save weight, time, panel space,
>and $$$...
Got a 'net address for their published schematic?
Bob . . .
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Brian Lloyd <brian-yak@lloyd.com>
bob noffs wrote:
> Is there any way around a ground plane for the elt?
No.
> If not, any suggestions on how to make it in my wood/cloth fuselage?
Most anything will do. You want some strips of copper or wire that are
the same length as the ELT antenna, i.e. 1/4 wave at 121.5 MHz (about
25" or so). A flat piece of metal 25" in radius or larger would work.
And it may be oddly shaped.
> Can a very thin sheet be laid down in the fuse. bottom?
Certainly. That would be fine.
> It wouldnt exactly be flat with all the woodworking to go around.
That doesn't matter.
> Also, my dipole comm must be vertical. No more than 45 deg slant. is 30 deg
vastly better than 45 deg and is 15 deg vastly better than 30
deg.
The closer you are to vertical, the better it will work but anything
will work after a fashion, even horizontal. Just try to get it as
vertical as possible.
> Are these slanted antennas going to noticeably going to affect transmission/
reception that much anyway?
Odds are, no, you won't notice the difference.
> Anyone want to volunteer a phone number to me off list? i have more questions
every time i get one answered.
If I have time I would answer your questions.
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brian-yak at lloyd dot com Folsom, CA 95630
+1.916.367.2131 (voice) +1.270.912.0788 (fax)
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- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Robert L. Nuckolls, III" <nuckollsr@cox.net>
Guess I forgot to ask if you had a dual freq ELT . . . I guess all the
new ones are. In this case, the ground plane under a stock antenna is
necessary. But since it's a dual freq, one might argue that two sets of
radials would be good . . . one set tuned for 121.5 (24") and another
set optimized for 406 (7.3"). Hmmm . . . maybe a 7.3" radius piece of
copper foil with a few 20" legs soldered to the edge. The single dipole
I suggested would not be suited for dual frequency use (although one
COULD be crafted . . . it would probably be more trouble than it's worth).
Bob . . .
At 05:30 PM 2/9/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "bob noffs" <icubob@newnorth.net>
>
>hi all,
> I have several antennas to install. My elt requires a ground plane. Tim
> at b and c was very helpful with my questions but i question leads to 5
> more. Is there any way around a ground plane for the elt? If not, any
> suggestions on how to make it in my wood/cloth fuselage? At first i
> thought numerous strips of thin copper way the way to go but that looks
> like just more fasteners. Can a very thin sheet be laid down in the fuse.
> bottom? It wouldnt exactly be flat with all the woodworking to go around.
If it's wood and fabric, I'd go with a vertical dipole wrapped
around the inside surface of the fuselage. Perhaps on side opposite
your comm dipole cited below and separated some fore/aft as well . . .
> Also, my dipole comm must be vertical. No more than 45 deg slant. is 30
> deg vastly better than 45 deg and is 15 deg vastly better than 30 deg.
> Are these slanted antennas going to noticeably going to affect
> transmission/ reception that much anyway?
No . . . the lion's share of antenna performance happens
in the first 25% of length each side of center (about 5")
meaning that things you do with the last 15" per side are
not terribly critical. Get as much of the center section for
both antennas as vertical as practical, then wrap the ends
around the inside surface of the fuselage.
They'll drop in center frequency as you "fold" them so you
MIGHT want to check them with an SWR/Antenna analyzer and
trim them for optimum.
> Anyone want to volunteer a phone number to me off list? i have more
> questions every time i get one answered.
Let's do it on the list. If your questions are worth
asking, then they're worth sharing too.
Bob . . .
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--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "Dave Morris \"BigD\"" <BigD@DaveMorris.com>
In theory, the amount of loss varies as the cosine of the angle difference
between the transmitting and receiving antennas. At a 45 degree angle, you
lose 3dB, which is somewhat noticeable, because it is actually 1/2 of the
power lost. At 90 degrees, it is over 20dB loss, which is substantial.
In practice, the signals bounce around and may not arrive at your antenna
perfectly vertically polarized to begin with, but it doesn't hurt to make
it as close to vertical as possible. The problems will mainly show up when
you're a long way away from the ground station. When you're close, it
won't make much difference.
Dave Morris
At 05:30 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote:
>--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: "bob noffs" <icubob@newnorth.net>
>
> Also, my dipole comm must be vertical. No more than 45 deg slant. is 30
> deg vastly better than 45 deg and is 15 deg vastly better than 30 deg.
> Are these slanted antennas going to noticeably going to affect
> transmission/ reception that much anyway?
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Subject: | Re: Icom A200-Help! |
--> AeroElectric-List message posted by: Mickey Coggins <mick-matronics@rv8.ch>
> Got a 'net address for their published schematic?
I've scanned one here:
http://rv8.ch/files/Icom%20IC-A200%20Installation%20Instructions.pdf
Basically you want page 5. Sorry about the huge file size
for those of you not on broadband. It's about 6MB.
Mickey
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http://www.rv8.ch/
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