[NSRCA-discussion] 2,4 Module

[george w. kennie]

Mike,
I just think that those flimsy little internal wires require very special treatment in order to minimize placing undue stress on them which over time appear to me to be a weak point.
They even go so far as to say that in certain installations they want you to have them exit to the outside of the fuse. You can't tape them down if you have a composite fuse,.......so what the heck do you do with them. I think I would rather have seen a short extension to a stiffer wire antenna, or a couple of pieces of the standard 72 MHZ type wire. They just seem too vulnerable to me.
G.





  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mike Robinson 
  To: General pattern discussion 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:05 PM
  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


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