KR> Narco ELT-10 battery corrosion

2008-10-15 Thread Oscar Zuniga
Randy wrote- >Why mount the ELT on the ground plane? >If you are using a separate antenna I would move the ELT to the side. Excellent idea. Originally, I co-located the ELT with the antenna to keep the coax short and make for a unitized installation, but relocating the ELT to the side makes p

KR> Narco ELT-10 battery corrosion

2008-10-14 Thread Randy Smith
i wrote: From: Martek Mississippi Subject: Re: KR> Narco ELT-10 battery corrosion To: "KRnet" List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 10:05 PM Could it be that you should be grounding the ELT case to the aluminum plate after all? That way there would be no di

KR> Narco ELT-10 battery corrosion

2008-10-13 Thread Martek Mississippi
M Subject: KR> Narco ELT-10 battery corrosion Question for you electronics geeks. I have an older Narco ELT (yes, it's the honkin' big orange thing that only xmits on 121.5). When my Piet went over on its nose a few years ago, the ELT didn't go off but the incident was suf

KR> Narco ELT-10 battery corrosion

2008-10-13 Thread Oscar Zuniga
Question for you electronics geeks. I have an older Narco ELT (yes, it's the honkin' big orange thing that only xmits on 121.5). When my Piet went over on its nose a few years ago, the ELT didn't go off but the incident was sufficient to make me replace the battery since I'm an FAR-abiding pi