X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:00:19 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.206] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.2) with SMTP id 1314289 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 19:37:43 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.198.206; envelope-from=elippse@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 47598 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2006 23:36:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Computerroom) (elippse@sbcglobal.net@75.15.131.9 with login) by smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Jul 2006 23:36:56 -0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <001701c6af7a$1b935870$09830f4b@Computerroom> From: "Paul Lipps" X-Original-To: "Marv Kaye" Subject: ELT antenna X-Original-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:37:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C6AF3F.6EA315E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C6AF3F.6EA315E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jim Cameron, Putting the antenna on the outside of a carbon plane is almost as = bad as putting it on the inside. Being a carbon conductor (think = resistor), it will absorb most of the power put into the antenna, = especially if its impedance appears similar to free-space impedance. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C6AF3F.6EA315E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Jim Cameron,

Putting the antenna on the = outside of a=20 carbon plane is almost as bad as putting it on the inside. Being a = carbon=20 conductor (think resistor), it will absorb most of the power put into = the=20 antenna, especially if its impedance appears similar to free-space=20 impedance.

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