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Old February 20th 09, 03:10 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Gary Emerson
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Default Transponder Antenna & Battery Placement Nimbus or DUO

Andy wrote:
On Feb 19, 10:25 am, wrote:

Hate external antennas on Composite aircraft. Having worked on a lot
of homebuilts, thought someone else might have come up with an
alternative mount.


I won't help solve your problem but I noted that the Schleicher
ASH31Mi will have a transponder antenna mounted inside the fin as
standard equipment.

Andy



This is interesting as it will probably require some large coax to keep
the antenna loss to less than 1.5 db which is what was recommended in
the microair transponder install manual I have. The RG-58 is limited to
10 ft of coax length and that sure isn't going to get you to the fin
from the instrument panel...