Retractable Comm Antenna

You are correct. Ron DOES get surly when working with electrons, especially
with those moving rapidly.

{;-)


Jim


(Leon McAtee)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Ron Wanttaja wrote in message
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-recall they were palm sized units.........Surly you could rig


Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 08:26:01 -0400, "TaxSrv" wrote:

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
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I'd like to get the antenna oriented vertically, too, though for the
receive side, the longitudinal orientation would probably be fine.

On the Escort II, both nav and comm receive from the nav antenna,
which should be oriented horizontally for more critical nav purposes.
Comm sensitivity is affected, of course, but on my Escort II it
receives comm more than good enough.

The original suite of antennas on my plane was *two* horizontally oriented
dipoles. Under a metal turtledeck cover. Worked pretty good, for both
receive and transmit.

I've never used the VOR function of my Escort, so horizontal orientation on
the receive side is not critical. I have, once or twice, considered
replacing the Narco with a Comm/GPS unit. But then, I'd *still* have a
second antenna to install...

Ron Wanttaja