Re: Europa-List: Re: Europa-List: VOR Aerials

[William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>]

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Can I ask a simpler question re VOR aerials? Is there an optimum  
location and orientation for the "rubber duck" antennae you get with  
handheld Navcoms, eg ICOM? These are a bit rubbish for VOR range when  
used in the cockpit and attached to the transceiver set. Mine needs  
to be held up close to the perspex before it can get a stable VOR  
signal. How would it be if the flexible antenna were mounted in the  
baggage bay floor pointing downwards and connected with a suitable  
length of coax?

Willie