"Jon" wrote in message
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I would like to put internal nav and comm antennas in a series 5
kitfox, which has a welded tube frame. Could reasonable performance
be obtain with elements on the inside surface of the fabric, but out
side the frame? Seems to me this is essentially mounting the antenna
very close to a so-so ground plane. How much loss and alteration of
the radiation pattern is likely? Would the situation improve by
minimzing runs parallel to the frame tubes?

I'm no expert, and I am sure someone who is will chime in, but I don't think
that will work worth a darn.

If the antenna element within an antenna length of the frame, the fact that the
frame is a part of the ground plane will interfere with the signal, or something
along that effect.
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Jim in NC