Too simple NOT to work well. Hasn't failed me yet.dekky111 said:...looks too simple to work well.
Shorter cable run, don't have to get it through the spar and it works just as well.
Just make sure you put the joint on the oil door side because when you forget to reconnect it its very annoying to have to take your upper cowl off again...DOH!
Frank 7a
Didn't realise people still used marker beacons
All our approaches use DME or an NDB as the final fix.
Marker frequencies are being used as runway incursion protection beacons on a trial basis. As you approach a hold, it warns you, if you pass it without permission, it really warns you ! Hopefully they don't integrate it with the ACARS to print the violation
Anyone have experience with using 40" of stripped RG400 coax as their marker beacon antenna? Dan C. used it and was on his website...looks too simple to work well. Feedback?
Jack
N811AK
RV7A
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RG-58 works just fine, lighter, cheaper. The loss difference in our tiny airplanes is trivial. Material concerns don't even bump the needle if you refrain from tight bend radii.
Don't put the antenna in the cowl. That area is an electrical/RF h**l. That should be obvious, but I tried it anyway, and sure enough noise leaked into the intercom. Who knows how much degradation occurred to MBR performance that I couldn't perceive.
John Siebold