Valid concern, but easily addressed.
I believe I learned this trick from the instructions that came with the
"antenna kit" I bought from RST (a roll of tape and a handful of ferrite
donuts). Wrap the copper tape in a mold release film (plastic wrap or wax
paper) to allow it to expand and contract at a different rate from the
epoxy-fiberglass structure. Don't bond the tape directly to the structure
or it probably will crack eventually.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
A070
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Behalf Of Steve Hagar
Subject: Antennas
Recently there has been some discussion on radios and some antenna issues
had come up. I have been planing on going the copper tape route inside
the tail fin. I have not heard bad things about this setup it works OK.
However a friend who does composite repairs notes that the long term
installation of these things suffer from the copper tape cracking. So he
advises against their use. He does however swear by the Bob Archer
antenna for composite use. Are there any users out there with an
installation in a Europa who care to comment? Are your antennas
installed on the side of the fuselage or in the tail fin? I am planning
on making a VOR antenna out of the tape for the top of the fuselage to
hook my hand held Icom Com/Nav walki talki into for secondary use. Has
anyone done this? Steve HagarA143Mesa, AZ --- Steve Hagar---
hagargs@earthlink.net
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