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rj_todd(at)yahoo.co.uk
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:12 am Post subject: Fitting HF radio to an RV-10

I live in very remote Australia which is generally far away from any VHF reception.

I note the Earthrounders generally fit HF radio to their craft and therefore question how anyone would fit an HF radio to their RV-10?

There are examples of such installations on the internet, particularly for Mooneys, but most are now so out of date, the hyperlinks are no longer valid.  Wolf Reichenberger, for example, describes how he has used a Yaesu FT857D radio plus YT-100 antenna tuner and using a 10 metre trailing antenna, for his trans-oceanic flights in his DA-42.  This radio equipment is, of course, also obsolete.  The new equivalent equipment would appear to be the Yaesu FT-891 radio coupled to an FC-50 antenna tuner.

However I can find no details of how to attach the trailing antenna; Wolf shows that he simply throws his wire bundle out through a port he has constructed in his passenger storm window but we do not have such in the 10.

If any one has any idea how I could progress the installation, particularly of the trailing antenna, I would be most grateful?

With many thanks and kind regards,

Rodger

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maca2790

Joined: 26 Jan 2011
Posts: 59
Location: Australia

Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:02 pm Post subject: Fitting HF radio to an RV-10

Hi Roger,

I was discussing this with a Aircraft Maintenance Engineer friend of mine just last week.

Iâ€™m located at Narromine and have been considering an HF and 2m / 70cm installation in my RV10.

2m and 70 cm are reasonably easy to achieve but HF is a bit more of problem. I was thinking of a long wire ATU like the FC40 and a wire off both wing tip trailing edges up to the vertical stabiliser feed from one end by the ATU in a wing.

RF might cause some dramas with the rest of the Avionics so it would require some careful testing.

Cheers

John MacCallum 

VH-DUU





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		  On 21 Oct 2023, at 12:13 am, Rodger Todd <rj_todd(at)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:



ï»¿I live in very remote Australia which is generally far away from any VHF reception.

I note the Earthrounders generally fit HF radio to their craft and therefore question how anyone would fit an HF radio to their RV-10?

There are examples of such installations on the internet, particularly for Mooneys, but most are now so out of date, the hyperlinks are no longer valid.  Wolf Reichenberger, for example, describes how he has used a Yaesu FT857D radio plus YT-100 antenna tuner and using a 10 metre trailing antenna, for his trans-oceanic flights in his DA-42.  This radio equipment is, of course, also obsolete.  The new equivalent equipment would appear to be the Yaesu FT-891 radio coupled to an FC-50 antenna tuner.

However I can find no details of how to attach the trailing antenna; Wolf shows that he simply throws his wire bundle out through a port he has constructed in his passenger storm window but we do not have such in the 10.

If any one has any idea how I could progress the installation, particularly of the trailing antenna, I would be most grateful?

With many thanks and kind regards,

Rodger

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