Quote from: gil on September 16, 2017, 04:12:05 PMI am thinking already how long a dipole could I fit in that wing?!Go end-fed, maybe lol. I met a pilot that flew some long over-ocean trips in a piper archer back in the 1970s. He had a wire antenna on a crank spool that was mounted next to him in the cockpit. The wire exited the tail of the plane. He had a small funnel attached to the wire to provide drag to pull the wire out and, I assume, keep it from whipping in the air as he flew. I suppose he would crank in/out the right amount for a good match on the band he was on. I wonder if he ever forgot to crank in the antenna before landing :o
Gil
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