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1. 06:24 AM - Re: Cople of quick questions (FLYaDIVE)
2. 09:45 AM - Re: Couple of quick questions (John Goodings)
3. 10:06 AM - Re: Back in the USA! (FLYaDIVE)
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| Subject: | Re: Cople of quick questions |
Steve:
The simple wire antenna works well. All it requires is Facing to earth,
and a ground-plane. The more expensive blade type does no better. And
they are not any lower drag - mater of fact they are higher drag for our
planes.
Your placement is OK, I would prefer something a bit further away from the
brake cylinders so you do not have to deal with the antenna connection
while working on the brakes AND so brake fluid does not work its way to the
COAX and connector.
Unless you bring the plane to an avionics shop the only way to get
conformation on your xponder & Alt encoder is to talk to ATC.
Barry
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Steven Freeeman <
steve.freeman@syntaxds.com> wrote:
> Good morning listers=85****
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> Can anyone suggest/recommend is there a =93best=94 placement for the
> transponder antenna? I am building a CH650 and was planning on putting i
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> on the center line in the general area of the brake pedals.****
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> Also, is there a way (short of speaking to tower) that I can verify the
> altitude my transponder is broadcasting? ****
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> Any help or advice is certainly appreciated=85****
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> Steve Freeman ****
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| Subject: | Re: Couple of quick questions |
Putting the transponder antenna on the belly behind the seats as worked
well for me. One wants to avoid a "blind" area from the main gear as much
as possible (but one is transmitting downwards and not just sideways).
Personally, I'm much more interested in how an instrument is actually
working than a bunch of certification details. At a not-too-busy airport,
and at a "quiet" time, tower people have ALWAYS been willing to help me
with telling me my transponder height. When I was having occasional
serious noise on my ICOM radio transmissions and receptions (occasional is
the worst kind because you don't have a constant signal to work with; it
turned out to be noise put onto the power bus by the Becker transponder
power supply - the cure was a good noise filter on the power input to the
ICOM), again the tower people were ALWAYS willing to tell me what they
were hearing. These guys have invariably been helpful.
John Goodings, C-FGPJ, CH601HD with R912S, Carp/Ottawa/Toronto.
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| Subject: | Re: Back in the USA! |
Hello Sabrina:
I am not sure if the TCAS would work or be accurate enough. The
TCAS ignores signals that are too close and intrepids them as your own.
You many have to be 0.1 of a Mile away (528 Ft) or 0.1 NM (607 Ft). The
readout on the unit has a resolution of only +/-100 Ft. BUT! It would
be interesting to try.
Barry
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Sabrina <chicago2paris@msn.com> wrote:
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> My internship at CERN was amazing, Europe was great, and I am now back
> home for the first time since April.
>
> For those of you who attended AirVenture, how was it?
>
> Here is the de-briefing for Summer 2012:
> http://prezi.com/-8uyyds4qqjn/summer-2012/?auth_key=1f3989065d1f47a88d5b2cb1671adb5ad4c7ac32
>
> Steve--if you can find someone who will loan you an older version of the
> TPAS Proximity detector, it will roll through your altitude and the code
> you are squawking when you ping your transponder with no other aircraft
> nearby.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=381892#381892
>
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