Jay Maynard wrote:
On 2008-01-09, RST Engineering wrote:
It all depends on a) if it is your aircraft and you can hang things
permanently where you want

Yes. I'm going to be buying an LSA some time this year.

and b) how technically inclined you are.

The ham radio part of this doesn't hold any mystery to me at all: I've been
a ham for 35 years, and do my own installation of stuff in cars and the
like. What I don't know is what's possible, good, or legal in an aircraft.

First you have to get permission from the pilot/owner/operator; that part
should be easy....

Basically, anything permanently installed needs to be done, or at least
"supervised", and signed off by someone with the appropriate FAA holy
papers.

To keep it simple, don't permanently mount the radio and power it from
the cigarette lighter plug.

Install a second COM antenna, which will work good enoungh for 2M even
without filing off a little on the end when no one is looking, with a
cable run to a convenient place, which could also double as the antenna
for an air band hand held back up. This is the part that needs the FAA
paper.

Or, build the A/C yourself and do anything you want.

--
Jim Pennino

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