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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:48 pm    Post subject: 406 ground plane Reply with quote

I'm planning to install a new ELT.  It comes with a "shark fin" antenna that incorporates the 406 antenna and the antenna for the internal GPS.  It has no 121.5 capability.  It has a metal base plate, which I thought was sufficient for higher frequencies.

However, the installation instructions call for a ground plane of at least 120 square inches, and preferably 300 square inches.
Am I missing something?  Why would an antenna operating at such high frequencies need such a large ground plane?  Isn't the rule that the radius of the ground plane should match the length of the antenna?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:09 pm    Post subject: 406 ground plane Reply with quote

At 05:46 PM 10/25/2017, you wrote:
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I'm planning to install a new ELT. It comes with a "shark fin" antenna that incorporates the 406 antenna and the antenna for the internal GPS. It has no 121.5 capability. It has a metal base plate, which I thought was sufficient for higher frequencies.

However, the installation instructions call for a ground plane of at least 120 square inches, and preferably 300 square inches.

Am I missing something? Why would an antenna operating at such high frequencies need such a large ground plane? Isn't the rule that the radius of the ground plane should match the length of the antenna?

--Dave

The 1/4 wave ground plane at the lowest frequency of
interest is 300/406 meters = 0.74M x 39.36 in/M x 0.25
yields a radius of 7.25"

7.25 (squared) x 3.1416 = 166 square inches . . . which
meets the "120 mininum".




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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 3:11 pm    Post subject: 406 ground plane Reply with quote

300 sq. in. would be 17.5 x 17.5 and using six radials of 1" wide copper adhesive tape is commonly used to propagate a solid ground plane. 0/60/120/180/240/300 degrees as the line of longitude runs.
John
On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 3:46 PM, David Saylor <saylor.dave(at)gmail.com (saylor.dave(at)gmail.com)> wrote:
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I'm planning to install a new ELT.  It comes with a "shark fin" antenna that incorporates the 406 antenna and the antenna for the internal GPS.  It has no 121.5 capability.  It has a metal base plate, which I thought was sufficient for higher frequencies.

However, the installation instructions call for a ground plane of at least 120 square inches, and preferably 300 square inches.
Am I missing something?  Why would an antenna operating at such high frequencies need such a large ground plane?  Isn't the rule that the radius of the ground plane should match the length of the antenna?
--Dave



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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 5:24 am    Post subject: 406 ground plane Reply with quote

OK, 120 it is.  Thanks again Aeroelectricians!

On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Robert L. Nuckolls, III <nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com (nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelectric.com)> wrote:
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At 05:46 PM 10/25/2017, you wrote:
Quote:
I'm planning to install a new ELT.  It comes with a "shark fin" antenna that incorporates the 406 antenna and the antenna for the internal GPS.  It has no 121.5 capability.  It has a metal base plate, which I thought was sufficient for higher frequencies.

However, the installation instructions call for a ground plane of at least 120 square inches, and preferably 300 square inches.

Am I missing something?  Why would an antenna operating at such high frequencies need such a large ground plane?  Isn't the rule that the radius of the ground plane should match the length of the antenna?

--Dave

  The 1/4 wave ground plane at the lowest frequency of
  interest is 300/406 meters = 0.74M x 39.36 in/M x 0.25
  yields a radius of 7.25"

  7.25 (squared) x 3.1416 = 166 square inches . . . which
  meets the "120 mininum".
 



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