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| Subject: | Re: Antenna bracket material |
I put a Bob Archer VOR/ILS/GS antenna in my fiberglass wingtip.
Completely hidden and works like a charm (other than the ILS lines me up
about 10 feet left of centerline.)
Charlie Brame
RV-6A N11CB
San Antonio
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> Time: 09:26:56 AM PST US
> Subject: AeroElectric-List: Antenna bracket material
> From: Jared Yates <email@jaredyates.com>
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> I have made a glide slope antenna by stripping back the shield on a
piece of coax
> and doubling it back, as described by Bob and others. The end result
is very
> clean, but now I'm not sure what to do with it. One good place to
mount it is
> on the top of the wind screen, where there is some steel structure
that will
> run parallel to the antenna. How far should I try to get the antenna
from that
> structure? I have thought about making a bracket to hold it out
there, but
> I don't have any non-conductive material handy. Would something like a
carbon
> fiber mat have any meaningful RF implications?
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