Thread: Transponder Antenna Placement Fuselage Bottom - Minimize Damage?Exact Location
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Old January 18th 15, 06:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Transponder Antenna Placement Fuselage Bottom - Minimize Damage?Exact Location
Well, yes on a METAL aircraft...and maybe carbon fiber...but fiberglass...no...the L2 antenna usually goes on the inside wall of the tail boom....radio waves go through fiberglass...


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On Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 9:40:48 AM UTC-5, Bob Pasker wrote:
I'm sure everyone knows this already, but its worthwhile saying again: transponder antennas need to go on the bottom of the aircraft so they can have line-of-sight to the radar facility, without being in the shadow of the fuselage or the wings.