That’s the top of an older Legend Cub and the VHF comm, ELT and GPS antennas installed. Antenna installs are challenging on fabric-covered aircraft like this because there might not be a sufficient ground plane for optimum performance. In some shortchanged installs, the systems might not work at all without sizable rework.
Just because you spent big on the latest digital comm transceiver doesn’t mean it will perform any better than the one it replaced. Antennas matter—a lot.
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Larry Anglisano
Larry Anglisano
Editor in Chief Larry Anglisano has been a staple at Aviation Consumer since 1995. An active land, sea and glider pilot, Larry has over 30 years’ experience as an avionics repairman and flight test pilot. He’s the editorial director overseeing sister publications Aviation Safety magazine, IFR magazine and is a regular contributor to KITPLANES magazine with his Avionics Bootcamp column.

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