Piotrsko
Master member
Since it sometimes seems everybody has radio glitches that could be attributed to lack of signal strength or poor S/N ratio, has anybody ever experimented with a long thin wire buried in the wing or fuselage about 6 wavelength long?
A piece of 30 ga wire wrap about 18" long with one end pointed at the radio antenna in the plane but not connected to anything could function as a longwire repeating antenna, kinda like those cheapo cellphone things back a couple of years ago only actually working. {2piFL *(.486)*6} .486 is a efficiency factor indicated by my wire wrap supplier.
Same principal as repeating antenna in tunnels just really short cuz we be in the ghz range anymore
A piece of 30 ga wire wrap about 18" long with one end pointed at the radio antenna in the plane but not connected to anything could function as a longwire repeating antenna, kinda like those cheapo cellphone things back a couple of years ago only actually working. {2piFL *(.486)*6} .486 is a efficiency factor indicated by my wire wrap supplier.
Same principal as repeating antenna in tunnels just really short cuz we be in the ghz range anymore