RudiGreyling
Well Known Member
RVators,
I am upgrading my SL40 to a SL30 to be IFR legal and now need to run NAV antennas I did not have before. I am looking for a simple and easy way.
I have search Vans Airforce for the past hour and found prominent members had good success with the following.
1) Marker beacon: 37 to 40" Stripped Coax
2) Glide Slope: 16" Stripped Coax
Now I want to turn attention to VOR and LOC antenna: The SL30 uses one input for GS/LOC/VOR. The VOR operates 108.0 to 117.95 MHz and the localizer is 108.1 to 111.95 MHz. Therefore you can use the same antenna to receive both VOR and LOC but GS is on the third harmonic of LOC. 329.3 to 335.0 MHz
Now my Question What length does my stripped coax need to be to receive all 3 GS/LOC/VOR keeping in mind that Recieve antennas are not too picky about being tuned exactly to frequency?
See my idea is to run a simple piece of stripped coax in the right place of my airplane and connect it direct to the SL30 maybe around the rollbar or in the cowl.
Thanks in advance.
Rudi
I am upgrading my SL40 to a SL30 to be IFR legal and now need to run NAV antennas I did not have before. I am looking for a simple and easy way.
I have search Vans Airforce for the past hour and found prominent members had good success with the following.
1) Marker beacon: 37 to 40" Stripped Coax
2) Glide Slope: 16" Stripped Coax
Now I want to turn attention to VOR and LOC antenna: The SL30 uses one input for GS/LOC/VOR. The VOR operates 108.0 to 117.95 MHz and the localizer is 108.1 to 111.95 MHz. Therefore you can use the same antenna to receive both VOR and LOC but GS is on the third harmonic of LOC. 329.3 to 335.0 MHz
Now my Question What length does my stripped coax need to be to receive all 3 GS/LOC/VOR keeping in mind that Recieve antennas are not too picky about being tuned exactly to frequency?
See my idea is to run a simple piece of stripped coax in the right place of my airplane and connect it direct to the SL30 maybe around the rollbar or in the cowl.
Thanks in advance.
Rudi