Archer Antenna location

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:21 am

Hey All and Thermos,

Thermos, last you were over we discussed the location of this little twanger.

I have a couple of options as I see it.

Location "A"

Location "B"

Each place has its benefits.

I see location "A" being better at "HIDING" the noise from the power wires leading to the strobe and nav lights.

I see location"B" being a better ground plane attach.

I guess option "C" would be somewhere in the middle and take advantage and compromise both qualities.

What do you guys think?

Input???

CJ

Post by **bullojm1** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 1:58 pm

CJ,

I stuffed my NAV antenna as far back as possible:

It works great!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Tue Jul 10, 2012 3:28 pm

Hmmmm... That is WAAAAY FAAAAAH BACK, Mikey!!!

Now I have an option "D"!!!

I am thinking that this is another one of those things people overthink and spend too much time on!

Maybe I have spent too much time on it already?

Thanks!

CJ

tmbg · Post by **tmbg** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:47 am

Doesn't Archer want you to actually route the strobe and nav power lines across the antenna in a very specific way? I remember reading that that was somewhat critical. You might not be doing yourself any favors by trying to do it differently...

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 4:53 pm

Ian,

Yes they do and I dont plan on deviating from that callout.

Both of these locations allow for that consideration.

CJ