All,
I just received my Ameri-King ELT from AS and was going over the install
instructions
before mounting it under the baggage compartment. I was planning to mount
the antenna on the back side of the baggage bay bulkhead in the horizontal
position, but the instructions state that the antenna should be 20 degrees of
vertical when the aircraft is in a normal flight attitude and if it is mounted
to a non-metallic air frame, a supplementary ground plane must be installed.
What happens if one were to mount the antenna horizontally?
Is there a need for a ground plane in a composite aircraft?
I would appreciate installation tips from builders who have figured this out
already.
Thanks in advance
Craig Ellison
A205
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