
SG-231 MANUAL
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Figure 4.8.1 Aircraft installation detail
Wire antenna
Rotary Aircraft
Strut to space out
antenna with plastic
tubing or fiberglass
rod
SG-231
coupler
Isolator
Figure 4.8.2 Aircraft Installation Detail
Isolator
Isolator
Wire goes to
the coupler
Wire antenna
Ground
Radio
Aviation
control
head
SG-231
coupler
Wire antenna
Fixed Wing
Aircraft
4.9 Low Profile, Hidden and Covert Antennas
There are two users of low profile, hidden, and covert antennas:
• The paramilitary user who will wish to operate from a residence or commercial
building without drawing attention to long range HF communication in
progress.
• Commercial building without drawing attention to the fact that long range HF
communication is in process.
• The amateur radio community (a larger group) finds itself more restricted by
covenants, building codes, and tenant requirements.
In a typical residential building, covert antennas have been used successfully for
intercontinental communications. The antennas used include both groundless loop
type antennas and those that require a counterpoise (ground).