ORIGINAL: Waynehrc
I am placing equipment inside my Skymaster Hawk which has a fair amount of carbon fibre in the airframe. I want to use a Revolution 1010 base loaded antenna but the question is: can I install it inside the fuse and away from CF reinforcing (I hate the way whip antennas look on jets)? Does CF cause dead spots if antenna is placed so that a CF caused shadow falls between antenna and transmitter?
Thanks for any help from the excellent knowledge base on this site.
Wayne - newbie to turbines
The only true way for you to know if you can mount your antenna inside your jet is to try it! Place the antenna exactly where you would like it, and then do a Real good range check...baseline and power on! Then place the same antenna outside or in a similar manor and location, as it would be mounted outside. Do the exact same range check and note the differences if any in distances. By the time you finish this process you will know for sure how and where you can mount the antenna.
Note a neat way of mounting the loaded type antenna is to place it in the nose of the plane. I've got a friend that mounts his in the nose and sticks about 3 to four inches straight out the nose! Looks fine with a portion of antenna then sticking out front far away from the ECU / pump & RFI.
Lee