REFLECTOR: ELT

[Al Gietzen]

During construction of my plane I never gave much thought to the ELT
installation; thinking that I would eventually mount it somewhere behind the
vanity bulkhead. No wires to pull - no big deal.

 

I bought an Ameri-King AK450 a few months ago, and put it aside.  I opened
it today to do the installation.    It has a Remote Unit that should be
mounted in the panel, and a cable that goes to the transmitter unit.  Oops;
I should have dealt with this long ago before my panel was nicely painted
and completed, and the wire bundles were covered by the nice upholstery
panels.  And it needs to be installed in a specific orientation on major
structure. Hum-m-m; those places are pretty well used up. 

 

One big concern - the instructions say that the antenna (if mounted in a
non-metallic airplane) needs a ground plane that is a minimum of 36" in
diameter!  How can that be achieved?

 

I'm sure once I get over "Installation Shock" I can deal with this, but
suggestions will be appreciated.

 

I understand this can be put off until after completion of the 40 hour test
program, but it probably won't be any easier then.

 

Thanks,

 

Al

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