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frank.hinde(at)hp.com
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 Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject: Van's copper foil NAV antenna |
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I also posted in the Vanairforce.
I installed the Van's NAV antenna which is a 24" *0.5 strip of copper
foil glued to the bottom surface of the right wingtip.
I installed my GNS 430 but could not hear the NAV on the ground with the
VOR beacon about a mile away.
Apparently the beacon should have been easy to pick up. I have a
splitter to generate the G/S from the same antenna.
Do these antenna's actually work????
I should have checked continuity from the radio to antenna but of course
I did'nt!
Thanks
Frank
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nuckollsr(at)cox.net
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| Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:48 am Post subject: Van's copper foil NAV antenna |
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At 04:03 PM 11/6/2006 -0600, you wrote:
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<frank.hinde(at)hp.com>
I also posted in the Vanairforce.
I installed the Van's NAV antenna which is a 24" *0.5 strip of copper
foil glued to the bottom surface of the right wingtip.
I installed my GNS 430 but could not hear the NAV on the ground with the
VOR beacon about a mile away.
Apparently the beacon should have been easy to pick up. I have a
splitter to generate the G/S from the same antenna.
Do these antenna's actually work????
I should have checked continuity from the radio to antenna but of course
I did'nt!
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A wet string will "work" . . . the operative consideration
is "how well" fir the missions in which you plan to
use your airplane. For users who fly in densely populated
VOR environments, perhaps a wet string works "great" . . . for
folks that fly the long stretch Victor airways and
need optimized fore/aft response patterns from their
VOR antennas, it's another matter.
If Van offers the antenna, it's likely that a number of
folks have installed it and found it "useful" for the
flying they do.
If it were my airplane, I'm not sure I even have
VOR capability on board other than to meet some
regulatory requirements for certain types of flight.
In this case, the wet string (or perhaps Van's less
than optimum antenna) would suffice. GPS would most
certainly be my primary and backup radio navigation
systems.
Bottom line is that you'll have to try it and see
what it does for you.
Bob . . .
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