[ARC5] ARN-6 in F-80 and F-86D

[jmfranke at cox.net]

The sense antenna is omnidirectional and the output is combined with the loop antenna output through a phase shift network to provide a cardiod pattern with one sharp null and one broad peak instead of the normal loop antenna figure eight pattern which has two sharp nulls and two peaks.

John  WA4WDL


---- Robert  Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net> wrote: 
> I have the pilot's manual on the F-80 and it shows the dome for the ARN-6 antenna was mounted in that black radome area are at the upper tip of the nose.  On the F-80A-1 there was a landing light in that spot; the aircraft had a BC-1206 but no ARN-6 or -7.  The T-33 installation was similar to the F-80.
> 
> In the top of the bubble canopy on the F-80 there was the "sense" antenna for the ARN-6.  
> 
> Just what is a "sense antenna" anyway? 
> 
> On the F-86D the ARN-6 antenna dome was under the canopy aft of the pilot.
> 
> Wayne    
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