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"Montblack" wrote:

("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?

What can I say, it worked like a ..... Champ!
Rx and Tx with an ICOM A2 and A20 on low power (1/2W) was sufficent for
most operations. I could talk air-to-air with friends 35nm away. Can't
do that with a rubber duck!