Ill leave the K2@ home and use my aircraft radio (AN Arc160) and 40 foot antenna. The biggest groundplane in the sky.
George NE2I Lockeed C5A Flight Engineer On Mar 2, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I actually prefer to keep the wheels on the ground (clean side up, > dirty side down, and keep it between the lines). I know that is not as > adventuresome, but it makes a shorter distance to fall. I have heard > that the height of the fall is not important - the important thing is > the sudden stop at the end. One does not acquire a lot of potential > energy when less than 6 feet from the ground (compared to 600 feet or more). > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 3/2/2011 10:45 PM, WILLIS COOKE wrote: >> I may be an old stick in the mud but I prefer to keep the wheels pointed down >> and the oil on the belly rather than the canopy. >> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke >> K5EWJ >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: stan levandowski<sjl...@optonline.net> >> To: l...@k0tv.com >> Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net; plcm...@gmail.com >> Sent: Wed, March 2, 2011 9:26:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride >> >> This might be terribly obvious (hopefully!) but....a trailing wire with >> a weight at the end going 100+ knots IAS is going to put quite on strain >> on the K2 BNC connector ;) Might want to plan for that. >> >> I've been a ham 51 years and a pilot for 37. Never felt comfortable >> mixing the two activities. Preferred to monitor the steady drone of the >> engine and case the scrolling terrain for a flat, clear piece of real >> estate in case of sudden silence. Stuff happens. >> >> Regarding Citabrias - yup, they're fun. CAP10Bs were even funner. And >> you could fly inverted all day long and come home with an oil-free >> belly. >> >> 73, >> >> >> Stan Levandowski WB2LQF >> HF QRP CW -- Doing more with less for over 50 years! >> QCWA #35038 OOTC #4558 NAQCC #4740 SKCC #6488 FISTS #14992 QRP >> ARCI #14321 >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Jerry Muller wrote: >> >>> Ah, tailwheel. I did my first tailwheel training in a 7KCAB. Fun >>> airplane. Get tired of flying right side up, turn it over and fly it >>> upside down, but not over 2 minutes (I was taught not to fly inverted >>> more than 1 minute and keep your eye on the oil pressure). >>> >>> Oh well, I digress. One important thing is if you are going to get >>> power from the cig lighter plug, make sure it's not a 28 volt airplane >>> like my 182 was. That can trash a radio right quick. >>> >>> Many transatlantic light plane flights used a trailing wire antenna >>> run out the door through an insulating tube with a tennis ball on the >>> end of the wire. They roll it out when they're in the air and roll it >>> back in before landing. With the tennis ball on the end, it keeps the >>> wire straight and out of the flight controls. >>> >>> Jerry - K0TV/CFII exp 8/2011 >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "JAMES ROGERS" >>> <w4...@bellsouth.net> >>> To: "Mark Bayern"<plcm...@gmail.com> >>> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector"<elecraft@mailman.qth.net> >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 8:30 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride >>> >>> >>>> No harder than towing a banner. And that was like shooting fish in a >>>> barrel with my Citabria. I can tell a lot of you have never flown off >>>> of a duster strip. :-)) Oh for the good old days...... >>>> >>>> 73s Jim >>>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Mark Bayern wrote: >>>> >>>>>> A simple trailing wire is all you need >>>>> A trailing wire should exit the plane _behind_ the rudder and >>>>> elevators which is not an easy feat to accomplish. Then you should >>>>> get >>>>> approval for the installation -- once again not all that easy. >>>>> >>>>> A simple trailing wire might not be all that simple >>>>> >>>>> Mark >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, JAMES ROGERS<w4...@bellsouth.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> A simple trailing wire is all you need if your K2 has the built in >>>>>> antenna tuner. It is best if you can trail the wire from the rear >>>>>> most point on the plane. You do not want to interfere with the >>>>>> controls. >>>>>> This was the standard aircraft antenna back in the days before VHF. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jim, W4ATk >>>>>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Patrick DalPorto wrote: >>>>>> >>>> JIM ROGERS, W4ATK >>>> w4...@bellsouth.net >>>> http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk >>>> K3/100 P3 >>>> K2/10 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ______________________________________________________________ >>>> Elecraft mailing list >>>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>>> >>>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
