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Old December 20th 06, 07:32 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Montblack
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Default homemade external/internal antenna for handheld.

("john smith" wrote)
I purchased a commerially available antenna base and had it mounted to a
piece of the aluminum where the left wing meets the fuselage. A doubler
plate was riveted to provide extra strength. A length of stainless steel
rod cut to mid-frequency length was inserted to serve as the antenna. This
was on a 7AC. The antenna coax entered the cabin at the leading
edge/canopy junction.



Did this arrangement have some strong points and some weak points -
reception wise?

How were the results, overall?


Montblack