-----Original Message----- From: Dan Heath [mailto:da...@alltel.net]
Another issue that I discovered after sending the message is that it requires a ground plane with a minimum diameter of 36". If I go behind the seat, there is no flat place that will accommodate a 36" in diameter ground plane. Dan, I have the same ELT as you. I also have the comm antenna installed in my vertical stabilizer. I also have a 36" flat ground plane. Plus I am more than 3' from the comm antenna. Your ground plane does not have to be a solid diameter of metal. What I did was to take two 36" x 1" x 1/16" pieces of aluminum flat bar and make an X with them and drill the antenna hole at the cross and install the antenna there. Two legs of the ground plane are attached under the shelf just behind the seat as far forward as possible and spread as wide as possible. The two legs reaching rearward are attached (floxed) to one of the cross members at the longerons. Where is your comm antenna? Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI flyk...@wi.rr.com
