Return-Path: Received: from wind.imbris.com ([216.18.130.7]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:02:13 -0500 Received: from regandesigns.com (cda131-102.imbris.com [216.18.131.102]) by wind.imbris.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA90401 for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:12:35 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3A5F2C46.4B3817EA@regandesigns.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:09:42 -0600 From: Brent Regan To: Lancair List Subject: RE: Winglet VOR antennas X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 I have a pair of Archer NAV antennas in the stock wingletts of my IV-P. Typical station reception is 75-100 Km in the low flight levels. One thing I did do on my installation was to carefully ground the ground leg of the antenna to the carbon skin of the wing. I used a center punch to make some dimples in the aluminum of the antenna which press into an unpainted area on the mounting flange.

One Archer product that did not work out in my plane was the antenna switch in conjunction with the COM antenna in the tail. The reception attenuation due to the switch was unacceptable. I would fall off the squawk of one station before receiving the next. I ended up removing the switch and adding a belly antenna for COM2. Now I can hear Palo Alto tower when I'm over Reno.

Regards
Brent Regan