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To (VHF) Nav or Nav Not
...I was putting together a kit from scratch, I’d skip the VHF nav just so I didn’t have to install the dang antenna system. Good antennas have always been pricey,...
Avionics at AirVenture 2019
...with dual antennas. uAvionix is testing a version of its skyBeacon ADS-B Out device for Canadian ops. The effort to install that second antenna could easily blow a “budget” upgrade...
Tall Transmission Tales
...the whole truth, so here it is: I said that a quarter-wave antenna is resonant, but it is also true that a three-quarter-wave antenna is also resonant, as is every...
AeroVonics Flight Displays
...non-slaved DG, which means there is no external GPS antenna required, no magnetometer to mount inside the airframe, and no calibration procedures. The downside to all of that is it...
What Is My Instrument Panel Going to Cost?
...the aircraft side of the cannon plugs and assemble antenna wires you will need about $150 worth of tools including a good wire stripper, a coax crimper for antenna connectors,...
Antennas According to Jim (Ch. 2)
...we can talk about building real antennas for our airplanes. Until then…Stay tuned… A horizontal glideslope antenna made out of copper tape. Best reception on this antenna will be forward...
Antennas According to Jim (Ch. 1)
...com antennas are vertically polarized with what is called a “whip” antenna mounted above a horizontal conducting surface that mimics the earth’s surface. Another vertical antenna is the little transponder...
ADS-B – The Final Lap
...the bottom) for “diversity,” or better coverage, especially when maneuvering. Antenna Diversity Antenna diversity is having antennas on both the top (top mount) and the bottom of an aircraft (bottom...
uAvionix Developing Diversity ADS-B Device
This is the current skyBeacon, not the upcoming skyBeacon X. Following the concept of the skyBeacon, uAvionix is developing another wingtip-mounted ADS-B Out solution featuring antenna diversity. Called the skyBeacon...
Garmin’s Budget Navigators
...Both of these new units come with an antenna. The primary map display will seem familar to pilots accustomed to Garmin’s current panel-mount and iPad-based efforts. Touchscreen, of Course If...
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Ask the DAR
DAR Mel Asberry continues his discussion of aircraft operating limitations by explaining what those Phase II flight test rules mean.
The Ultimate Upgrade
Martha and Wendell Solesbee begin the painstaking process of installing systems on their Lancair Evo kit-from engine and fuel, to electrical and landing gear.