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Re: Position lights - wires after the fact

Subject: Re: Position lights - wires after the fact
From: Nigel Charles <72016.3721@compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:48:41
Message text written by INTERNET:forum@europaclub.org.uk
>I have fitted a 6mm radius copper disc
at the base of the aerial to act as a ground plane, but if this is not
satisfactory I intend attaching two or three strands of co-ax sheath about
22" long to the inside of the fuselage<

6mm will definitely be insufficient. Ground planes should be 1/4 wavelength
radius (ie 22" in our case). Sheet tin foil is a satisfactory lightweight
solution to this problem.

Nigel Charles


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