"RST Engineering" wrote in message
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No, that wasn't the point. You CAN'T bond (as in glued to) a ground plane
type of transponder antenna to the plastic fuselage. If you were so ...
ummm ... thoughtless as to try and bond a dipole type antenna for
transponder use half your transponder power gets radiated into outer
space. Where, as I understand it, no ATC facilities yet exist.

Actually, ATC probably does have facilities somewhere in "outer" space.
Local space has yet to comply with the EPA regs.

Rich "How far out is outer??" S