From: RWolf99@aol.com
Message-ID: <7c.489b97d.2634edc0@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 20:22:24 EDT
Subject: SA-005 Transponder/DME Antenna
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com, bobsantennas@earthlink.net
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I just finished installing Bob Archer's SA-005 Transponder/DME antenna in my 
Lancair 360's tailcone.  No, I don't have an installation picture, but Ric 
Argente does, and I copied his installation as faithfully as I could.

My question is this -- can I use this antenna for both a transponder and a 
DME at the same time?  I couldn't help noticing that there's only one 
connector on the antenna.  Do I use a splitter, and why wouldn't the 
transmission from the transponder fry the DME receiver, and vice versa?  Do I 
need to install a second antenna, and dedicate one antenna to each unit?  (If 
so, I left room)

I'd like to avoid the "why have DME in the days of GPS" discussion.  It's a 
valid point, but I already have a DME in my Cessna 150 which will move to the 
Lancair.   (I didn't do it!  Honest injun!  It was in there when I bought the 
150!  Man, do those numbers click off slowly....)

Thanks in advance for the advice.

- Rob Wolf
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