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Old March 5th 16, 04:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
George Haeh
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Default ASW27 Trasponder Antenna Installation Inside Fuselage.

LMR-300 would do the job for a price:

COAXIAL CABLE - ATTENUATION POWER
HANDLING CALCULATOR

Coaxial Cable Data
Product:
Frequency (MHz): 968
Run Length (Feet): 26
« Reset Calculate »

PRODUCT PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
Attenuation: 6.3 db/100ft 20.6 db/100mtr
Average Power: 0.35 KW
Cable Vg: 85 %
Nominal Td: 1.2 nSec/ft 3.92 nSec/mtr
Capacitance: 23.9 pF/ft 78.4 pF/mtr
Typical Connector Loss: 0.06 dB/pair

CABLE ASSEMBLY PERFORMANCE
Cable Run Attenuation: 1.6 dB
Total Cable Assembly Loss: 1.9 dB
Cable Run Efficiency: 68.6 %
Cable Run Time Delay: 31.08 nSec


As far as RG 58 is concerned, forget it for
that length.

At 13:13 05 March 2016, Andrzej Kobus
wrote:
On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 8:30:10 PM

UTC-5, George Haeh wrote:
I've been looking into ways to secure

coax=20
inside the tailboom. My current avenue

of=20
investigation is using magnetic

receptive=20
rubber sheet.=20
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Wrap a strip of sheet around the coax

with=20
appropriate (suggestions welcome)=20
adhesive and use magnet on exterior

of=20
tailboom to clamp at appropriate

locations=20
well clear of elevator pushrod.=20
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Times Microwave has a coax cable

and=20
attenuation calculator:
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http://www.timesmicrowave.com/calculat
or/?

productId=3D38&frequency=3D1090&runL
ength
=3D26&mode=3Dcalculate#form
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Extra coax length is necessitated by tilt

up=20
instrument panel.=20
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I'd also like to to put a

PowerFLARM=20
dipole in the fin, but that would have to

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at least a foot from the xpdr

antenna.=20
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The battery box is not big enough for

both; =20
so may need an opening in the box

to=20
achieve enough separation. Once in

use=20
for antenna(s), likely the box would

no=20
longer be available for ballast.=20
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If the front of the nose cone, would

work=20
for an L2 antenna, the problem would

be=20
much simplified.=20
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Any interference with the comm

coax=20
and/or antenna would mess things up.


George, I am afraid the coax cable losses

for Flarm antenna would be too
hi=
gh if you run it from the tail of your glider

to the instrument panel.
Flar=
m is a very low power unit and the cable

length is very important. Also if
=
the horizontal stab is carbon that would

not work very well either.