On Aug 23, 3:36*pm, Dick wrote:
A couple of years ago there was talk of denying entry in to contests
all gliders that were not equipped with ELT's. *I immediatly ordered a
121.5 / 406 Mhz model. *It came the other day, a year and a half
later. *It includes a clunky antenna that would have to be mounted
outside of a carbon hull. *I have two questions. *One, what happened
to the urgency??? *and two has anyone come up with a workable solution
to the antenna issue?

Don't know what your flying, but I mounted the antenna right in front
of my instrument panel and the radio is in the baggage compartment
where I can arm it before T/O and turn it off after flight. The
antenna is looking at the canopy and clear of carbon.
JJ