Re: antenna ground planes

Re: antenna ground planes

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antenna ground planes dadcapt@earthlink.net 11-02-2005
On Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:59:35 -0800, "RST Engineering"
<jim@rstengineering.com> wrote:

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><dadcapt@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>news:1130942815.775978.92130@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>I just bought a fiberglass homebuilt project with a conventional com
>> antenna
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>What is a "conventional com antenna"?
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>
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>mounted inside the leading edge of the vertical stab but it
>> doesn't have a ground plane yet.
>
>If it is installed in the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer, how do
>you intend to get a 24" length of conductor forward out into the slipstream?
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>
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> The instructions call for a 24in by
>> 24in ground plane but there is not that much room right there at the
>> base of the tail. Any suggestions as to what would work well?
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>Until you answer the above two questions, I cannot offer suggestions.
>
>Jim
>
read it again jim.

inside the leading edge of the vertical stab ...like up inside it.
probably radio transparent fibreglass construction

how do you build a groundplane inside of the tailcone below it?

seems a reasonable post to me.
Stealth Pilot



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