Well then, what about trailing antenna's?

If the big aluminum foil ears on a whip antenna doesn't help, what
about those trailing wire antenna's that are trailed back behing the
aircraft a good distance. I've seen them on Aero Commanders (500
series). I might hook up a spool of wire and one of those drag devices
that pull it out the tail of the airplane and trail it back a quarter
of a mile or so. I could have enormous transmitting ability. Make a
weak radio a super radio. I wonder if it would attract lightening
though.

Will somebody please take this bubba out and shoot him. Please?

Jim

john wier wrote in message
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If the big aluminum foil ears on a whip antenna doesn't help

RST Engineering wrote:
Will somebody please take this bubba out and shoot him. Please?

Someone should at least explain the signigicance of 1/4 wavelength WRT
antennas to him first.

-Luke

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:48:53 -0400, Luke Scharf
wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:
Will somebody please take this bubba out and shoot him. Please?

Someone should at least explain the signigicance of 1/4 wavelength WRT
antennas to him first.

-Luke

1/4 wave antenna's are hogwash. They barely work. What you need is
"complete wave" or "full wave" With my trailing antenna, I'll have the
equivalent of many full wave antenna's end to end.

What's a bubba?

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech


"Luke Scharf" wrote in message
...
RST Engineering wrote:
Will somebody please take this bubba out and shoot him. Please?

Someone should at least explain the signigicance of 1/4 wavelength WRT
antennas to him first.

-Luke

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:48:53 -0400, Luke Scharf
wrote:

RST Engineering wrote:
Will somebody please take this bubba out and shoot him. Please?

Someone should at least explain the signigicance of 1/4 wavelength WRT
antennas to him first.

-Luke

I did miss one thing though, I read that vhf needs a certain amount of
the antenna in a vertical direction, so my trailing antenna would be
too horizontal. I plan to put a lead sinker on the end of the wire so
the tail will hang down a bit and give me the vertical orientation I
need. Wouldn't that work?

The 1/4 mile trailing wire works very well if you put a tin can and a button
on the end.

And, the old story is that if some part of the aircraft is still on the
ground it is not flying, which means you do not need pilot's license. Then,
the problem is that if you are not flying a real plane, you do not have an
automatic aircraft radio license. Since you do not have a radio license,
the tin can will work to talk to the ground. Just circle around a point so
that the end stays at the same point, so you can talk to the guy on the
ground.

This would work especially well during a lightning storm at night, because
the guy on ground will become a beacon as well.

The military even experimented with underground antennas. You might try one
of those on your aircraft.

Colin

W P Dixon wrote:
What's a bubba?

Patrick, you're in Tennessee, right?
Take a short flight to NC, SC, GA or AL.
Ask around, the FBO you stop at may even have one on staff.

OHHHH one of those kind, I'm sorry here we call them dumb yankees The
ones down here we dreadfully have to call family ! HAHA

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"john smith" wrote in message
...
W P Dixon wrote:
What's a bubba?

Patrick, you're in Tennessee, right?
Take a short flight to NC, SC, GA or AL.
Ask around, the FBO you stop at may even have one on staff.

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 02:55:16 GMT, "COLIN LAMB"
wrote:

The 1/4 mile trailing wire works very well if you put a tin can and a button
on the end.

And, the old story is that if some part of the aircraft is still on the
ground it is not flying, which means you do not need pilot's license. Then,
the problem is that if you are not flying a real plane, you do not have an
automatic aircraft radio license. Since you do not have a radio license,
the tin can will work to talk to the ground. Just circle around a point so
that the end stays at the same point, so you can talk to the guy on the
ground.

This would work especially well during a lightning storm at night, because
the guy on ground will become a beacon as well.

The military even experimented with underground antennas. You might try one
of those on your aircraft.

Colin


Your whole idea is rediculous! nonsense! I'm seriously trying to
improve 2-way radio reception and transmission. They only allow a
miserly 5 watts or so of power for light plane transmitters, so we
have to be creative. The trailing antenna will give us radio power
like an airliner has.