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Old 09-29-2013, 04:37 AM
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Bob,
While not flying yet I copied a location that a buddy has on his RV6 which he flies IFR all the time, we both but the antenna on the aft bottom fuselage with the cat whiskers just behind the horizontal Stab so you don't run into them while walking around the plane
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Old 09-30-2013, 04:01 PM
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...underneath by the tail ....
Has worked very well with a GNS430.

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Old 10-08-2013, 08:10 AM
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I've been using a Bob Archer VOR antenna in left wingtip, connected to a Micro Circuits 3-way splitter; ZFSC-3-4+ (similar to COMANT CI-505) thence into a Garmin 430W and SL30. ILS, VOR works flawlessly...

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Old 10-08-2013, 09:49 AM
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This has come up several times I believe. When building the plane I considered one of the "in the wingtip" NAV antennas and called the company direct. The man that answered said their antenna was designed for sport type flying and was not recommended fro IFR. That was the end of its consideration by me. I bought an antenna with removable "legs" and mounted the central element under the vertical stabilizer cap for minimum drag exposure. Typically I unscrew and remove the "legs" for racing but not always (like this past Sunday) because I need a fast getaway and the drag is small. It works very well and I drive two NAV radios (SL-30 and a Terra NAV) through a special splitter.

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Old 10-08-2013, 10:10 PM
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I've been using a Bob Archer VOR antenna in left wingtip, connected to a Micro Circuits 3-way splitter; ZFSC-3-4+ (similar to COMANT CI-505) thence into a Garmin 430W and SL30. ILS, VOR works flawlessly...

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Brian
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Old 06-06-2015, 02:06 PM
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Default vor antenna

What do you guys think is a decent nav antenna. I may not even use a nav radio but would like to install an antenna just in case.
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