I have a DVD that's a documentary of two young men who crossed the North Atlantic in a Mooney. It's called "North Atlantic Crossing". They had an Icom HF rig on board to supplement their VHF radios. Their antenna was steel wire wound on a deep sea fishing reel. The antenna exited the rear of the aircraft and had a small drag chute at the tip (just like the old days). I saw no details on just how the antenna wire got out of the airplane without shorting to the fuselage metal. They would crank out enough antenna to make it resonant for the Icom rig's aeronautical frequencies. After making contact, they cranked the antenna back in. It looked (and WAS) jury-rigged. The right seat occupant held the HF radio on his lap.
There was no mention of 337 signoff's, etc. I just assumed (hoped) it was blessed by someone. Interesting flick. Terry, W0FM -----Original Message----- From: Mark Bayern [mailto:plcm...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 5:54 PM To: JAMES ROGERS Cc: Patrick DalPorto; Elecraft Reflector Subject: Re: [Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride > 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: > ______________________________________________________________ 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
