REFLECTOR:Foil Tape Antennas
Chris Martin
reflector@tvbf.org
Sun, 4 May 2003 22:42:36 -0700
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<DIV>Andy,</DIV>
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<DIV>When I built my wing in 1997, the only antennas in the wing were the COM antennas. The VOR, marker beacon, glide slope and ELT antennas were in the fuselage.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the response. I was wondering if anyone read my post.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Martin</DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=amillin@net-link.net href="mailto:amillin@net-link.net">Andy Millin</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=reflector@tvbf.org href="mailto:reflector@tvbf.org">reflector@tvbf.org</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 5/4/2003 5:45:04 AM </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: REFLECTOR:Foil Tape Antennas</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=332514213-04052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Chris,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=332514213-04052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>According the the plans, the VOR antennas are to be built into the bottom of the wing. Obviously, not a place where you could cover them with any type of foil.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=332514213-04052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I did install my localizer antenna in the cabin floor. Thanks for the tip.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=332514213-04052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=332514213-04052003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Andy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Chris Martin<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, May 03, 2003 1:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> reflector<BR><B>Subject:</B> REFLECTOR:Foil Tape Antennas<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>This note is for those of you that are using the foil tape antennas as designed by Jim Weir. This is the standard antenna system in the Velocities and I am sure all of you are using them in some form. I have always been unhappy with the performance of my VOR antennas mounted on my fuselage floor and finally wrote to Jim Weir to seek his advice. I wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>"Jim, my question is this. The two VOR antennas in question are mounted on the floor of the fiberglass fuselage. Over the floor I have I have laid sound insulation and carpet. The sound insulation has a aluminum foil layer on each side. Is the foil the probable source of the antenna failure?<SPAN class=561123006-30042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff> "</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=561123006-30042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Jim's response was "Without a doubt!"</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=561123006-30042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I wonder how many of you have made the same mistake I made in diligently building your antennas to Jim Weir's plans and then mistakenly covering them with a foil backed sound insulation. The foil backed sound insulation was the one recommended by Velocity when I installed my interiors in 2000.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=561123006-30042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Hope this helps some of you.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=561123006-30042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Chris Martin</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=561123006-30042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Velocity XL RG</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=561123006-30042003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>330 hours flying</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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