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Yes robb I copied Dean Scotts inverted vee design. Cessna uses a similar one eccept the center wire from the feedline is not cut but contiues back into the stub and the outer braid of the feed goes to the ground element and the outer braid of the stub goes to the antenna element.Then the outer...

Just got back from the install and did an SWR check and trim. Had to mount horizontal as the pilot was not pleased with the configuration of the verticle mount. Trimmed down to an SWR of 1.3:1 and stopped there since I told the pilot 1.5:1 is good and he said thats good enough. Still had 3/8...

Thank you!! I will post my SWR readings if there is any difference.

Thank you all for the feedback (no pun) To answer the first question,the airframe is the frame of the parachute plane it is going on. The pawsey stub is a quarter wave length piece of coax added to the feedline at the antenna. The reason for the carbon fiber is that I didn't want the boom made...

Any insight would be appreciated.

On my vertical dipole for an airband VHF handheld, I want to run the RG8 coax and pawsey stub inside a carbon fiber boom to the airframe. Would the shielding effect of the carbon fiber give any problems or (hopefully) bennifits? The bennifit of cable protection and neatness is why I would like...