On Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 10:48:27 AM UTC-4, MNLou wrote:
I'm in a situation where I need to elevate my Flarm antenna above the glare shield to avoid interference directly ahead of the glider(LAK17AT) due to the carbon nose cone. I'm getting a pretty nasty blind spot there.

I've seen installations where the Flarm antenna was elevated using a "paint stir stick" that was attached to the side of the glare shield. Essentially, that put the antenna on a mast.

Two questions to the hive -

1) Has anyone seen a more elegant solution?

2) Does the Transponder antenna need to be elevated too? (That seems to get good reception in it's current location on the side of the glare shield.)

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Lou

Schleicher ships allow mounting a small adapter bracket on the front canopy latch with Velcro. I also have mounted the FLARM antennas on a small angle bracket made of bent polycarbonate on the canopy frame with Velcro. Yes they will pull off when jettisoning the canopy.
Transponder antenna gets a stronger signal so it can stay lower.
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