Steve Hagar wrote:
> ...
> 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.
> ....
???? Is that "composite repairs" as in accident damage? Or attached
to composite gear legs? Electronic printed circuit board is copper
film bonded to fiberglass reinforced epoxy. Basically never cracks.
You can attach the tape to the glossy side of a strip of fiberglass
laid up on film, and in the approximate curvature of where it will
go. Additional layers at center where the coax will go. Attach to
airframe with blobs of RTV. This helps to move it around later, if
there's interference from nearby metal elements.
Regards,
Fred F.
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