---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 07/29/18: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:17 PM - Antenna locations (Steven DeFord) 2. 01:38 PM - Re: Antenna locations (Bob Leffler) 3. 02:20 PM - Re: Antenna locations (Phil Yoder) 4. 03:23 PM - Re: Antenna locations (David Maib) 5. 03:31 PM - Re: Antenna locations (Carl Froehlich) 6. 04:36 PM - Re: Antenna locations (Sean Stephens) 7. 04:45 PM - Re: Antenna locations (Kelly McMullen) 8. 11:07 PM - Re: Antenna locations (Steven DeFord) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:17:56 PM PST US From: Steven DeFord Subject: RV10-List: Antenna locations For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your antennas? Im getting to the point where Im closing up the floors, and so want to get my coax run to the right places. GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do you put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope reception too? Marker beacon? ELT: out the top in the tailcone? ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? Thanks for the advice! Steven DeFord Sent from my iPad ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:38:54 PM PST US From: Bob Leffler Subject: RE: RV10-List: Antenna locations GPS: Top on aluminum aft of cabin cover (two) Com1/Com2: One under each rear seat Nav: whiskers on the bottom of the tail ELT: on top, just in front of vertical Transponder: tunnel near the exhaust ADSB: just aft of the second bulkhead behind baggage on the bottom APRS: on the bottom just aft of the baggage bulkhead I've been flying for five years and have not experienced any issues. -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com On Behalf Of Steven DeFord Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 4:16 PM Subject: RV10-List: Antenna locations For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your antennas? Im getting to the point where Im closing up the floors, and so want to get my coax run to the right places. GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do you put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope reception too? Marker beacon? ELT: out the top in the tailcone? ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? Thanks for the advice! Steven DeFord Sent from my iPad ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:20:24 PM PST US From: Phil Yoder Subject: Re: RV10-List: Antenna locations XM antenna on top On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 4:44 PM Bob Leffler wrote: > > GPS: Top on aluminum aft of cabin cover (two) > Com1/Com2: One under each rear seat > Nav: whiskers on the bottom of the tail > ELT: on top, just in front of vertical > Transponder: tunnel near the exhaust > ADSB: just aft of the second bulkhead behind baggage on the bottom > APRS: on the bottom just aft of the baggage bulkhead > > I've been flying for five years and have not experienced any issues. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com < > owner-rv10-list-server@matronics.com> On Behalf Of Steven DeFord > Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 4:16 PM > To: rv10-list@matronics.com > Subject: RV10-List: Antenna locations > > > For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your antennas? > I=99m getting to the point where I=99m closing up the floors, and so want to > get my coax run to the right places. > > GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? > COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do yo u > put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? > NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope receptio n > too? Marker beacon? > ELT: out the top in the tailcone? > > ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? > > Thanks for the advice! > Steven DeFord > > Sent from my iPad > > =========== =========== =========== =========== =========== > > > -- Phil Yoder phil@philyoder.com \__________o-( )-o__________/ www.itsnotthatcomplex.com ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:23:18 PM PST US From: David Maib Subject: Re: RV10-List: Antenna locations GPS (2) metal tailcone on top just aft of fiberglass cabin top. ELT further aft on tailcone top. NAV cat whiskers below rudder/horizontal stab on belly. XPDR under LH baggage floor, com2 under RH baggage floor. Access panels in baggage floor allows access to the antennas as well as step bolts. COM 1 under pilot seat. Sirius sat radio on glareshield. ADSB 2 under co-pilot seat. Flawless for 10 years and 1000 hours. David Maib > On Jul 29, 2018, at 4:15 PM, Steven DeFord wrote: > > > For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your antennas? Im getting to the point where Im closing up the floors, and so want to get my coax run to the right places. > > GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? > COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do you put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? > NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope reception too? Marker beacon? > ELT: out the top in the tailcone? > > ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? > > Thanks for the advice! > Steven DeFord > > Sent from my iPad > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:31:45 PM PST US From: Carl Froehlich Subject: Re: RV10-List: Antenna locations Two bent whip comm antennas on the belly, one behind the other, one on the left side of the tunnel floor and one on the right side of the tunnel floor. That way you can get to the antennas and the coax feed lines, and they do not interfere with the elevator push tube. Transponder antenna under the passenger seat. ADS-B antenna on the belly aft of the baggage compartment bulkhead. I mount the ADS-B receiver there as well. It is wired with a single four conductor shielded wire (SkyView system). Home brew wingtip NAV/LOC/GS antenna (picks up VORs at 100+ miles). ELT antenna under the empennage fairing. GTN-650 GPS antenna and SkyView integrated GPS antenna and receiver mounted on top of the glare shield. Marker beacon antenna is a 31 piece of wire running under the engine with tie wraps, connected at the firewall via a BNC bulkhead connector. While this works well, I will never again put a marker beacon receiver in an airplane. Carl > On Jul 29, 2018, at 4:15 PM, Steven DeFord wrote: > > > For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your antennas? Im getting to the point where Im closing up the floors, and so want to get my coax run to the right places. > > GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? > COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do you put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? > NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope reception too? Marker beacon? > ELT: out the top in the tailcone? > > ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? > > Thanks for the advice! > Steven DeFord > > Sent from my iPad > > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 04:36:07 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: Antenna locations From: Sean Stephens GPS and XM - Under the cowling just forward of the firewall on a custom shelf COM1/COM2 - Right behind each rear seat in the baggage floor next to step bolts with access plate in baggage floor. NAV - wiskers at top of VS. Initially under fuselage tail under HS, but had extreme shadowing there so moved up top. MKR BCN - inside right wingtip (IMHO no need anymore with decommissioning and other legal means of identifying) ELT- under empennage fairing XPDR/ADSB-Out (Garming gtx330 with ES conversion) one antenna under right front seat floor. -Sean #40303 (wow, almost time for 5th condition inspection, time flies) Steven DeFord wrote on 7/29/2018 3:15 PM: > > For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your antennas? Im getting to the point where Im closing up the floors, and so want to get my coax run to the right places. > > GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? > COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do you put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? > NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope reception too? Marker beacon? > ELT: out the top in the tailcone? > > ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? > > Thanks for the advice! > Steven DeFord > > Sent from my iPad > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 04:45:25 PM PST US Subject: Re: RV10-List: Antenna locations From: Kelly McMullen Note, Location of IFR WAAS GPS under the cowl is of questionable legality and may impair performance. TSO requires full view of horizon in all directions, which is hard to do unless it is on top of fuselage or cabin. Nobody is going to check whether you follow the instructions for install on certified planes...only you have to decide what you are comfortable with. I have Dynon VFR GPS under cowl, and Garmin IFR antenna on top of the cabin. Kelly On 7/29/2018 4:34 PM, Sean Stephens wrote: > > GPS and XM - Under the cowling just forward of the firewall on a custom > shelf > COM1/COM2 - Right behind each rear seat in the baggage floor next to > step bolts with access plate in baggage floor. > NAV - wiskers at top of VS. Initially under fuselage tail under HS, but > had extreme shadowing there so moved up top. > MKR BCN - inside right wingtip (IMHO no need anymore with > decommissioning and other legal means of identifying) > ELT- under empennage fairing > XPDR/ADSB-Out (Garming gtx330 with ES conversion) one antenna under > right front seat floor. > > -Sean #40303 (wow, almost time for 5th condition inspection, time flies) > > Steven DeFord wrote on 7/29/2018 3:15 PM: >> >> For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your >> antennas? Im getting to the point where Im closing up the floors, >> and so want to get my coax run to the right places. >> >> GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? >> COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do >> you put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? >> NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope >> reception too? Marker beacon? >> ELT: out the top in the tailcone? >> >> ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? >> >> Thanks for the advice! >> Steven DeFord >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> > > > > ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 11:07:16 PM PST US From: Steven DeFord Subject: Re: RV10-List: Antenna locations Thanks! No issues with talking to tower on the ground with belly antennas? Im planning to go Skyview as well. No more marker beacons because GPS supplants the need for them? Steve Sent from my iPad > On Jul 29, 2018, at 15:29, Carl Froehlich wrote: > > > Two bent whip comm antennas on the belly, one behind the other, one on the left side of the tunnel floor and one on the right side of the tunnel floor. That way you can get to the antennas and the coax feed lines, and they do not interfere with the elevator push tube. > > Transponder antenna under the passenger seat. > > ADS-B antenna on the belly aft of the baggage compartment bulkhead. I mount the ADS-B receiver there as well. It is wired with a single four conductor shielded wire (SkyView system). > > Home brew wingtip NAV/LOC/GS antenna (picks up VORs at 100+ miles). > > ELT antenna under the empennage fairing. > > GTN-650 GPS antenna and SkyView integrated GPS antenna and receiver mounted on top of the glare shield. > > Marker beacon antenna is a 31 piece of wire running under the engine with tie wraps, connected at the firewall via a BNC bulkhead connector. While this works well, I will never again put a marker beacon receiver in an airplane. > > Carl > >> On Jul 29, 2018, at 4:15 PM, Steven DeFord wrote: >> >> >> For those of you who equipped for IFR, where did you put your antennas? Im getting to the point where Im closing up the floors, and so want to get my coax run to the right places. >> >> GPS: into/through the fiberglass canopy cover? >> COM1/COM2: bottom somewhere? One on top and one on bottom? Where do you put it to avoid interfering with others and so you have access later? >> NAV: whiskers on the VS? Wingtip? Does this cover glide slope reception too? Marker beacon? >> ELT: out the top in the tailcone? >> >> ADS-B/Transponder? Bottom below the pilot footwell or something? >> >> Thanks for the advice! >> Steven DeFord >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rv10-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RV10-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/rv10-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv10-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.