[Elecraft] (K2) Airplane Ride

[JAMES ROGERS]

No harder than towing a banner. And that was like shooting fish in a barrel with my Citabria. I can tell a lot of you have never flown off of a duster strip. :-))  Oh for the good old days......

73s Jim
On Mar 2, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Mark Bayern wrote:

>> A simple trailing wire is all you need
> 
> A trailing wire should exit the plane _behind_ the rudder and
> elevators which is not an easy feat to accomplish. Then you should get
> approval for the installation -- once again not all that easy.
> 
> A simple trailing wire might not be all that simple
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM, JAMES ROGERS <w4atk at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> A simple trailing wire is all you need if your K2 has the built in antenna tuner. It is best if you can trail the wire from the rear most point on the plane. You do not want to interfere with the controls.
>> This was the standard aircraft antenna back in the days before VHF.
>> 
>> Jim, W4ATk
>> On Mar 2, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Patrick DalPorto wrote:
>> 

JIM ROGERS, W4ATK
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