?

Vee Rabbit mounting

?

?

I mounted my vee rabbit in much the same way as the old aerial was mounted. It is located immediately in front of the tail on the fuse tube and held in place by cable ties with no drilling.

?

My Vee Rabbit came with an aluminium mounting block designed to sit on a flat surface while holding the vee upright. I simply drilled 4 holes in the sides of this block and used 2 very big cable ties. I also used a dremel to round of the base so it was the same curvature as the fuse tube and I fitted tape over the fuse tube to protect it. The whole thing will be easy to remove and put back to original if I want to.

?

?

I'm not sure how we go about sharing photos on tis group but attached are 2 photos, one close up showing the mounting block ( not fully tightened when taken and also before I rounded the base to match the fusetube. ). The other shows the new vee rabbit temporarily held next to the original aerial using a velcro strap

?

?

There are supply problems with this particular Vee Rabbit aerial and a rather hot thread on the South African microlight forum which suggests one should not order it from or send money too the South African manufacturer.? I got mine from UK stock. If you can find one in stock I recommend it, otherwise my next alternative would have been a di-pole. It may well be possible to modify the dipole into a vee as the vee rabbit fits nicely and looks right mounted on the back of the fuse tube. It should be noted that it is theoretically not as efficient as a vertical di pole but mine seems to work very well. When I tested it my aerodrome gave me readability 5 from 10 miles away.

?

?

One thing I should point out is the South African Vee Rabbit is very heavy for an antenna. For me radio is more important than weight as I can easily swap back to the old one in 15 minutes if I need to.

?

?

With regards to radios in general. I have had lots of problems with mine which I have eliminated by using my GA headset directly into the icom with an icom adapter and a PTT. It seems my Lynx intercom has a problem somewhere as it will receive but not transmit. Its on my to do list to investigate further.

?

?

Regards,

?

Jonathan