---------------------------------------------------------- Avionics-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 05/18/06: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:23 AM - ELT Antenna Placement () ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:23:32 AM PST US From: Subject: Avionics-List: ELT Antenna Placement --> Avionics-List message posted by: Responding to an AeroElectric-List message previously posted by: "Dan Beadle" I am building RV8. I am trying to figure out all the antenna placements before closing up the wings. ......skip.......* ELT - should be on top - maybe just ahead of Vert Stab.....skip 5/18/2006 Hello Dan, One of my friends commented that I had my ELT antenna installed with improper orientation. I said "Fine, tell me just exactly what attitude my fuselage will be in when I am finished crashing and I will reinstall my antenna accordingly." He smiled and got the point. What attitude will your fuselage be in when you finish crashing? OC PS: The garden variety 121.5 Mhz ELT is just congressionally mandated dead weight. Put the ELT in because you have to. Carry a personal locator beacon because you want to. http://www.sarsat.noaa.gov/emerbcns.html. A cell phone and a hand held VHF comm radio are also beneficial.