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Old December 29th 19, 06:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Darryl Ramm
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Default Locating Transponder Antenna on top of the fuselage instead ofunder it.

On Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 9:23:02 PM UTC-8, wrote:
Well here is a link to a picture of a Ventus with the transponder antenna located as per Schempp Hirth.
Seems to work well only is straight flight. In any banking flight, the antenna is shadowed by the fuselage and/or wings.
Maybe a location on the turtledeck is better ?

https://www.airliners.net/photo/-/Sc...HgcaJ1/QJ2lC9A

Dan


Thanks for the photo, ouch yep that looks like a dopey position, if above is the only other practical option I'd do that.