VOR works fine because it is horizontally polarized. Proper antenna layout is horizontal, like laying in a wing tip.I have 2 advanced aircraft antennas in the wingtips.
1 for VOR and 1 for my #2 comm.
My #1 comm is a bend whip mounted under the fuselage.
When I mounted the 2 Advanced antenna I mounted them on a slant with them running slightly up thr wingtip.
They are made for non-metal aircraft so I figured to not get blanked out by the fuselage I should get creative
They both work great, but I would only give my #2 comm range about 10 miles 5X5 and once out to 20-30 miles it is "ok" but really 30 is stretching it.
VOR reception seems much better, dont know why, must have something to do with wave lenght, sun stops amd what I ate for breakfast![]()
VOR works fine because it is horizontally polarized. Proper antenna layout is horizontal, like laying in a wing tip.
Com is vertically polarized. Ideally the antenna should be vertical. Lacking this, make the highest current part -where the coax attaches - as vertical as possible. Let the rest of the antenna be horizontal. Look at a "bent whip" as an example. You would be better off that way than running the whole thing up gradually. (this is a common installation error, and why people say they are horrible)