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Pressurized Hull
A couple of thoughts on mounting an antenna on a pressurized hull.
A company named Comant makes multi-use antennaes, combining functions such as XM, GPS, and VHF. I would check with them to see if they have an antenna that could replace one of your existing antennaes, using the same mounting point. W would think there would be no paperwork involved in such a switch.
I assume you could mount the marine antenna on the bottom of the aircraft, in fact it might be better to mount it there. The rear half of the lower fuselage is not part of the pressure vessel. There is an access plate (at least on my 73 model) between the main gear at the centerline of the fuselage. Perhaps you could mount the antenna there. Another thought is, if you have an ADF and you are planning on getting rid of it, you could mount your marine antenna where the ADF loop sensor used to be, on the center bottom of the fuselage.
Mark
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Mark Hislop
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