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> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:34:53 +1100
> From: DMcD <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] How to get SPOT to send an SMS
> To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia."
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> I know that a Kiwi company made some neat carbon fibre whip aerials a
> while ago... strong, light, good looking and useless because the
> carbon screened the radio signals. So it may be that a carbon fuse on
> a sailplane insulates in a way a car body does not. I'm scratching my
> head on this one though!
Modellers have had similar problems with Carbon fuse's, no satisfactory
solution other than
having the aerial wire hang out of the fuse was found as far as I recall.
I have heard that most carbon gliders have the aerial in the fin, in a region
where only
glass is used for this reason.
Regards all
DAve L
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