On 06/19/2010 07:01 PM, John Wighton wrote:
> I have just received a Kannad 406 Compact ELT which came with the
> AV-200 whip antenna. I was originally hoping to just screw the ELT
> down and use a whip attached directly to the unit. However, l
> wondered if anyone had fitted a remote whip inside their aircraft?
Yep. My ELT can only work with a remote whip. I installed it behind the
D-panel. Inside the airplane of course. You don't need a real ground
panel, I used a perforated alu strip for that, running to the rear of
the aircraft.
> The AV-200 comes with a small ground plane plate, so l guess a fin LE
> installation may be possible (using a 2-3m cable to the ELT head
Do not do this if you have the COM antenna in the tail! The ELT antenna
is still supposed to transmit a 121.5 homing signal, and is therefore
tuned in the COM band. With such a close proximity to the other COM
antenna, you can expect all kinds of problems for your COM unit, even if
the ELT is not active. I can explain them if you want, but it is
probably enough if I just warn you to keep a healty distance between the
two antenna's. The D-panel is a good location.
Frans
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