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     1. 11:19 AM - Re: Antenna bracket material  (Charles Brame)
 
 
 
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Time: 11:19:29 AM PST US
From: Charles Brame <chasb@satx.rr.com>
Subject: AeroElectric-List: 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>
> 
> 
> 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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