Dan Gervae
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That is a Northstar which was a Loran. Loran antennas are different from VHF comm. Loran is ancient history, throw it in the trash.I’m looking for a comm antenna for my Flightline 760A....recommendations desired...I have this laying in the hangar....what is it?
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LORAN thread drift...I flew a C-185 with an ARNAV R-40 and that antenna for years. Problem was some of the lakes, rivers, and mountains in central Alaska kept moving around. Junk coverage for us.
Gary
I have a brand new stainless straight antenna with insulators on it...anyone use one of these....do you just strip the coax and wrap it around between the nuts to capture it? Of these work ok for com radio....it says that’s what it’s for
Make sure it's mounted correctly with the insulators and tabbed washer in the correct order. On your coax cable (tan colored RG400) strip approximately 1" of the outer covering and braided shield off from the center conductor with white covering. Attach a 20 gauge pig tail wire to the outer braided shield with a Sumitomo L-C-5 solder sleeve. Crimp a ring terminal onto the center conductor and install the ring onto the threaded base of the antenna. Finally, solder the pigtail wire to the tab on the tabbed washer.
As long as they are installed properly, with a good ground plane and connected correctly, these antennas work very well. Web