---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 08/15/20: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:15 PM - Re: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) (Bill Watson) 2. 08:57 PM - Re: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) (Charlie England) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:15:24 PM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) From: Bill Watson I mounted the my ACK unit behind the baggage bulkhead along with the antenna. Didn't really consider the portable aspect. There is a generous service loop in the phone wire (which I think was more than long enough to reach the panel for the remote piece. Bill "just sharing since I'm not flying today" Watson On 8/13/2020 4:05 PM, Charlie England wrote: > During my Condition Inspection of my (purchased) RV-6, I prepared to > check the ELT batteries for date/operation. The builder had mounted > the ELT behind the passenger seat in the baggage compartment, with the > antenna directlyabove just inside the back glass. Not ideal for > packing luggage, but certainly easy access for service (I thought). > > I leaned over the seats and flipped open the two latches, and picked > up the ELT to disconnect the coax & 'phone wire' that runs to the > panel mounted control. No issue with the coax. But the phone wire is > *hard wired* into the top of the ELT by the mfgr. To compound matters, > the builder, in his infinitewisdom, drilled a hole in the baggage > floor & snaked the cable through corrugatedtubing that disappears > into the inaccessible space under the baggage compartment. So now the > 'portable' ELT, complete with its attached portable whip, is portable > to a distance of about 2" above the floor of the baggage compartment. > > I get it that not all builders have good sense, and all of us have > 'bad decision days', but how could a mfgr do something this stupid, > and I know it's pointless to ask, but how could the FAA be so stupid > as to certify the thing? > > Yes, I realize that the builder could have left a 2-foot service loop > hanging out with the splice in the baggage compartment, but IT'S AN > E(mergency)LT. In an actual emergency, finding a latch on the case > would be a lot simpler and quicker than finding the splice point in > the cable. > > Does filing a Service Difficulty Report on a 20 year old product make > any sense? > > OK, rant mode off; back to your regularly scheduled programming. > > Charlie -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:57:59 PM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: ACK E-01 ELT SDR (warning: Rant mode ON) From: Charlie England Yes, and that service loop got permanently installed, through a conduit in the nonremoveable floor of the baggage compartment=2E The generous service loop should have been a removable cable=2E =81=A3Sent from BlueMail =8B On Aug 15, 2020, 9:22 PM, at 9:22 PM, Bill Watson wrote: >I mounted the my ACK unit behind the baggage bulkhead along with the >antenna=2E Didn't really consider the portable aspect=2E =C2- There is a >generous service loop in the phone wire (which I think was more than >long enough to reach the panel for the remote piece=2E > >B ill "just sharing since I'm not flying today" Watson > >On 8/13/2020 4:05 P M, Charlie England wrote: >> During my Condition Inspection of my (purchase d) RV-6, I prepared to >> check the ELT batteries for date/operation=2E Th e builder had mounted >> the ELT behind the passenger seat in the baggage compartment, with >the >> antenna directly=C2-above just inside the back glass=2E Not ideal for >> packing luggage, but certainly easy access for service (I thought)=2E >> >> I leaned over the seats and flipped open the t wo latches, and picked >> up the ELT to disconnect the coax & 'phone wire' that runs to the >> panel mounted control=2E No issue with the coax=2E Bu t the phone wire is >> *hard wired* into the top of the ELT by the mfgr=2E To compound >matters, >> the builder, in his infinite=C2-wisdom, drille d a hole in the baggage >> floor & snaked the cable through corrugated=C2 -tubing that disappears >> into the inaccessible space under the baggage compartment=2E So now the > >> 'portable' ELT, complete with its attached portable whip, is portable > >> to a distance of about 2" above the floor o f the baggage compartment=2E >> >> I get it that not all builders have good sense, and all of us have >> 'bad decision days', but how could a mfgr do something this stupid, >> and I know it's pointless to ask, but how could the FAA be so stupid >> as to certify the thing? >> >> Yes, I realize tha t the builder could have left a 2-foot service loop > >> hanging out with t he splice in the baggage compartment, but IT'S AN >> E(mergency)LT=2E In a n actual emergency, finding a latch on the case >> would be a lot simpler and quicker than finding the splice point in >> the cable=2E >> >> Does fi ling a Service Difficulty Report on a 20 year old product make > >> any sen se? >> >> OK, rant mode off; back to your regularly scheduled programming =2E >> >> Charlie > > >-- >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software=2E >https://www=2Eavast=2Ecom/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.