Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-27 Thread Dick Barker
Not really. I just checked the 3 Uplinks I have left and only a quarter to three eights of an inch of antenna extends out from the boom. Just enough to tape it to the stab. Not enough to have any effect, tuned or untuned, at 72 Mhz. -- Dick Barker Port Angeles, WA - Turning HLG Around - >You did

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-26 Thread Larry Taylor
receiver. Not One! Larry Taylor KF6JBG CD for the Visalia Fall Soaring Festival 2005 Oct 1st & 2nd Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Dick Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RCSE" Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] fu

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-26 Thread Dick Barker
Got to get into this before everyone finally agrees on something. Not really an expert on antennas and such but I was designing them for mobile phones when Seattle had only two channels and the phone just fit in a Sampsonite briefcase with the aluminum trim shunt fed as the antenna. I still use my

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-26 Thread Larry Taylor
OTECTED]> Cc: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 1:26 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff I think you missed Jame's point. He was refering to his real Chevy Corvette. However your reference (I believe) is fr

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-26 Thread Simon Van Leeuwen
-- Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 23:13:16 -0800 From: Simon Van Leeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Larry Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is inc

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-26 Thread Simon Van Leeuwen
t; To: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff I cut my antenna down to 8" on my Vette so it looks cool and flows with the lines of the car. 8-) At 01:14 AM 3/26/2005, Larry Taylor wrote: Do you change your car radio Antenna leng

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-26 Thread Simon Van Leeuwen
Fall Soaring Festival 2005 Oct 1st & 2nd Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Simon Van Leeuwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Larry Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-26 Thread Jo Grini
Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This is incorrect and misleading...adding wire to an antenna for the sake of it does not result in better gain! Longer is NOT better! More wire does not equate to more voltage at the antenna elem

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread James V. Bacus
2005 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff I cut my antenna down to 8" on my Vette so it looks cool and flows with the lines of the car. 8-) At 01:14 AM 3/26/2005, Larry Taylor wrote: Do you change your car radio Antenna lenght when your are listening to a FM s

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread Larry Taylor
ck to being long and tall. Larry Taylor KF6JBG CD for the Visalia Fall Soaring Festival 2005 Oct 1st & 2nd Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages &am

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread Larry Taylor
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Larry Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 11:13 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff This is incorrect and misleading...adding wire to an antenna for the sake of it does not result in better gain! Lon

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread James V. Bacus
I cut my antenna down to 8" on my Vette so it looks cool and flows with the lines of the car. 8-) At 01:14 AM 3/26/2005, Larry Taylor wrote: Do you change your car radio Antenna lenght when your are listening to a FM station and change channel/stations? Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chica

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread Larry Taylor
re. So that the factory wire can dangle out the fuse. Larry Taylor KF6JBG CD for the Visalia Fall Soaring Festival 2005 Oct 1st & 2nd Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Paul Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:10 PM Subject:

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread Simon Van Leeuwen
r the Visalia Fall Soaring Festival 2005 Oct 1st & 2nd Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: soaring@airage.com <mailto:soaring@airage.com> Sent: Friday, March 25,

Re: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Emerson
1st & 2nd > Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > - Original Message - > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: soaring@airage.com > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:26 PM > Subject: [RCSE] fuselages & radio range > > > They say that common sense is uncom

[RCSE] fuselages & radio range, Antenna Stuff

2005-03-25 Thread Larry Taylor
still working in it. Larry Taylor KF6JBGCD for the Visalia Fall Soaring Festival2005  Oct 1st & 2ndHome: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: [RCSE] fuselages & radio

[RCSE] fuselages & radio range

2005-03-25 Thread GordySoar
They say that common sense is uncommon and I am as guilty as everyone else in this department, so like everyone else..I went in search of 'excaliber' the 'better' brand RX for use in my Pikes.   The Pikes have the Carbon Kevlar burlap weave fuse that has become so popular and causes us to hav