Original Posted By: Mark Blackwell
There is a picture of the ELT transmitter, antenna, and COM antenna on 41CC at http://www.flysquirrel.net/piets/PB300005.JPGCorky constructed the ground plane out of a flat piece of aluminum sheet with upturned edges for stiffening, screwed it to the lower longerons behind the pilot's seat, and installed the COM antenna where it's shown. Please ignore superfluous holes in the aluminum sheet ;o) The coax cable from the COM antenna feeds to the pilot's position through a hole in the seat back when a handheld is in use, otherwise it's coiled up back behind the seat in the helmet bag and both antennas are concealed in the aft fuselage.I moved the ELT from up between the passenger's feet to back on the ground plane and installed the ELT whip antenna on the same ground plane as far from the COM antenna as I could get it and still clear everyting. I realize it isn't optimal, but then again Piet flying is mostly NORDO anyway.The ELT did not activate when the plane nosed over almost two years ago, but I've dutifully replaced the battery with a new one and reinstalled it per Narco's instructions and it tests loud and clear with a whoop-whoop on any nearby radios tuned to 121.5.Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net_________________________________________________________________Stay in touch with old friends and meet new ones with Windows Live Spaces http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp007 ... ______Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 19:04:13 -0400