[NSRCA-discussion] 2,4 Module

[JShulman]

Antenna replacement of course... he's gonna go to extend that new antenna
like the old and yank it right out...lol. I've tried to extend mine once. Of
course I've also forgotten to extend my 72 once, but caught it in the turn.

Regards,
Jason
www.jasonshulman.com
www.shulmanaviation.com
www.composite-arf.com

  -----Original Message-----
  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Mike Robinson
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:06 PM
  To: General pattern discussion
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2,4 Module


  George - I've been using the 7 channel version in my 9C for months now and
I love it. I'm curious to know what maintenance issues you suggest could
come up with the antenna?


  On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:56 PM, george w. kennie <geobet at gis.net> wrote:

    Just got an 8 channel module for my 9C radio and finding it quite a
different experience.
    I like the idea of not having and external antenna, but arranging the
internal routing can present a few challenges. Can't understand why they
deviated from having the flight pak plug into channel 8 (it's between 3 &
4).
    It seems to work O.K. and if the manual can be believed, the range must
be quite extroadinary. There is a very small button on the back of the
module that loads the output signal when pressed, supposedly diminishing the
output power to a value similar to lowering your regular antenna and they
specify that you should be able to retain signal integrity at 30 - 50 paces.
Well after installing the system in my new airplane I got 400 feet while
depressing the button and I still had solid contact, but had to give up as I
did the test on the street in front of my house and I was starting to move
around a corner and was losing visual.
    When you realize all this from that measley little 4" antenna, it's
almost jaw-dropping.
    With time I would anticipate some maintenance issues with those pesky
little internal antennas, but hopefully, in the meantime nobody should be
able to shoot me down.
    It wasn't too bad of a deal with the $30 discount from Tower.
    Wish me luck,
    Georgie


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.
    It has removed 7280 spam emails to date.
    Paying users do not have this message in their emails.
    Try SPAMfighter for free now!


    _______________________________________________
    NSRCA-discussion mailing list
    NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
    http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion



No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG.
Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.9/1419 - Release Date: 5/7/2008
7:46 AM
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.nsrca.org/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20080508/2c6d7e81/attachment.html