On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:25:45 -0000, (Robert Bonomi)
wrote:

Range with a rubber-duckie is 'medium lousy' compared to f full 1/4 wave
with a good ground plane.

Which means it'll probably be at least as good as I'm getting now. :-)

However, probably the _least_cost_ way to accomplish in-flight switching
would be to mount 4 BNC connectors 'somewhere convenient' -- one to each
antenna, and one to each radio -- and a pair of patch-cables, to connect
'antenna X' to 'radio Y'. It wouldn't be "pretty", but it would provide
the functionality.

Actually, this is very much like what I have now. I've got 3' cables coming
from the radio and terminate in male BNC connectors by the seat. The coaxes
from the antennas terminate in male BNC connectors at the same location. The
little BNC "bullets" connect the sets. I could certainly replace the bullets
with a small set of bulkhead mounts on a plate....

Ron Wanttaja