On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 4:20:51 PM UTC-8, Matt Herron Jr. wrote:

Has anyone tried putting a transponder antenna like the T2glued to the inside the turtle deck? does the antenna require a downward view? 250 watts of RF too close to your head? This would make install on an ASW27 MUCH simpler than a fin or stinger on the outside behind the gear, not to mention more aerodynamic.

There is little if any scientific evidence one way or the other. But the general consensus seems to be that a 1/3 horsepower gigahertz ping next to the noggin is a lot more likely to be bad than good. You might hit the jackpot and mutate into a master of clairvoyance and psychokinesis, but the odds aren't in your favor on that.

And, yeah the view down seems to be more important than the one up.

One possibility might be a slot antenna, which are said to work well in the gigahertz range. I have it on my to-do list to try it, but it's pretty far down the list:

http://www.antenna-theory.com/antenn...rture/slot.php

--Bob K.