Mark - I asked the same question about two years ago and got similar answers. I just could not see how I was going to fit the necessary ground plane in the space available - So I got RST's antenna book (reprints from his Kitplanes articles) that spelled out the correct length for a ELT copper foil antenna with a baud (no ground plane required) - I ended up building one and placing it in the inside surface of the turtledeck.
Rick Human Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Jones" <flyk...@wi.rr.com> To: "KR Net" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 3:09 PM Subject: KR> Ground Plane > My ELT manual states that if the antenna is being used on an non metallic surface, such as wood or fiberglass, A ground plane must also be installed. The manual does not specify the diameter or size the ground plane should be. I have looked through Tony Bingelis' books and have done a search on ELT but have not found anything on ground plane size for an ELT antenna. Does anyone have experience or suggestions? > > Mark Jones (N886MJ) > Wales, WI USA > E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com > Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at > http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj/homepage.html > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
