REFLECTOR: ELT

[Ron Brown]

Al,

I had the same quandary.  I mounted the ELT on the floor behind the keel. I built a ground plane from aluminum flashing and a piece of sheet aluminum to mount the antenna on the upper part of the gear bulkhead. 

Here's a not very clear picture:
http://home.sprintmail.com/~romott/page53.html

Probably not ideal but it works.  

Ronnie


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Al Gietzen 
  To: reflector 
  Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 6:42 PM
  Subject: REFLECTOR: ELT


  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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