Hi Bill,
I fixed the navaids issue by moving the nav antenna. If I was to do it
over I would put my VOR antenna in the wing so it was away from other
stuff and would not need to be folded around the fuselage to fit. The
downside is that this means one more cable to connect when the wing
comes off and on, and if the antenna should fail for any reason,
getting to it would be difficult.
I improved the intercom by using shielded cable, although once in
great while it will lock up the intercom (micro processor based) with
a stuck mike. This ONLY ever happens when I am talking to a busy
sector with ATC, and never happens when I am flying out of a deserted
grass field strip with no one around.
As far as the trim indicator goes, I never bothered to look into it.
The antenna works well, but I have nothing to compare it to. The
noise issue I was referring to in my last post was induced noise from
the strobe cable being near the antenna. For my installation it
hasn't been a problem. Trying to fit a Bob Archer in the fin of a
Europa is a bit tricky, it sounds like at AAE would be easier. I seen
to recall that I saw similar SWR's over the entire frequency range,
something like 1.4 to 1 being the worst case. I was surprised to see
it so flat over such a broad range, mind you, the SWR meter was a very
inexpensive one off eBay, so its accuracy could be called into
question.
Cheers, Paul
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