carl.froehlich(at)verizon
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 Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:51 pm Post subject: Antenna Opinions, experience and thoughts appreciated |
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Yep – I put plastic hose with a red streamer on my belly antennas for the dogs, and for me. They are real eye pokers at just the right height to catch a dog, and me when I get carried away cleaning the belly and lean up to reach something. Good reason by itself to steer away from VOR cat whiskers.
In addition to the wingtip VOR antenna option, a simple dipole antenna the attaches to the inside top of the windshield molding, feed with a coax line running up the inside of the window brace tube, is electrically just as good as a store bought external cat whisker antenna.
Carl
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Subject: Re: Re: Antenna Opinions, experiance and thoughts appreciated
| Quote: | | My painter puts blue tape streamers on the bent belly antennas so his dogs don't run into them. Robin Rob Kochman <rv10rob(at)gmail.com (rv10rob(at)gmail.com)> wrote: |
The "cat whiskers" problem is no joke. I didn't think much of it when my fuselage was on sawhorses, but once I got it up on the gear, I realized it's right at little-kid-running-around eye height. I haven't heard of any incidents, but I think if/when I go to airshows I'll bring a couple foam clown noses or tennis balls to put on there.
-Rob
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Bob Turner <bobturner(at)alum.rpi.edu (bobturner(at)alum.rpi.edu)> wrote:
--> RV10-List message posted by: "Bob Turner" <bobturner(at)alum.rpi.edu (bobturner(at)alum.rpi.edu)>
Everyone has their own opinion. The Archer nav antenna - since it is well matched to the VOR horizontal polarization - works almost as well as an external antenna. I have never had an issue with it or an approach, whether ILS or VOR. The only issue is enroute, where a cross fix more than 40 nm away might be hard to get, if it's on the 'wrong' side of the airframe.
For me the VOR has become a backup, since I use the GPS as primary 99.9% of the time. Besides, I'm always afraid I'll poke my eyes out on cat whiskers!
Also, I have Whelan strobes in the wing tip, no issues.
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Bob Turner
RV-10 QB
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