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ELT antenna-- Pitts
Greetings,
I recently added an ICOM A200 to my Pitts S-1C. The previous owner had an ACK ELT installed just behind the seat with the antenna on the belly skin. I originally thought this wasn't a good place for the antenna as a relatively high speed dirt encounter would most likely take out the gear and antenna, however further thought brought about the idea that an off-airport landing could easily result in a nose over and voila -- the antenna location would be perfect. At any rate, I stole the ELT antenna position to use for the comm antenna and now I have to figure out where to put the ELT antenna. One suggestion was using a "Rubber Ducky" antenna on the ELT, but I don't have the room for it where it's currently mounted. Another suggestion, that was agreed upon by several avionics people, is to mount the Rubber Ducky on the end of some coax cable, perhaps vertically behind the back of the baggage compartment. This seemed like a good idea to me, as there is no metal in that area and the antenna could be mounted vertically and it's protected by the top wing and vertical stab. Yet another avionics person says this would not work, as the length of the coax (unless perfect) would subtract from the signal strength, as the Rubber Ducky should be mounted only directly on the ELT (if one chose to use this type at all). I've looked at half wave dipole antennas and found nothing that seemed just right for the Pitts application, so say nothing of getting easy access to the area behind the baggage compartment. Do any Pitts owners who run a com and ELT have a suggestion? Thanks, al. |
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