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Locating Transponder Antenna on top of the fuselage instead ofunder it.
On Monday, December 30, 2019 at 6:44:50 AM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
In the absence of antenna diversity, I'm pretty sure all general aviation factory built aircraft have the transponder antenna on the bottom of the aircraft.Â* I would think the manufacturers must know something. When transponders first came out, the only receiver/interrogator was ground based. So anything certificated prior to TCAS, would definitely have the antenna on the bottom. Then TCAS came along, and now ADS-B. These will interrogate/receive from any direction. So to be visible from any direction, one should probably have an antenna on top as well as bottom... And satellite based ADS-B likely demands it. I'm sure Darryl has all the gory technical details :-) But my guess is that unless told otherwise, and considering cost of certification, etc., putting the antenna "where it's always been" is why it's on the bottom. :-) 5Z |
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