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Antenna’s Up!

I have enjoyed following “To Launch a Light Sport,” by Bob Fritz. His recent effort discussed a couple of common problems dealing with poor reception, weak transmissions, and squealing in the headsets. While antennas on all-metal aircraft usually present few problems, antennas on fabric or composites can be difficult to engineer. Most all-metal aircraft inherently shield transmission energy from communication wiring to include headsets. Not so with fabric or composite aircraft. …


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