The guys flew around the towers in a 12 kilometer radius circle. The signal strength meter and a GPS receiver were hooked to a laptop computer. That way we had signal strength and position information synced together.
This is a plot (yellow circle) of their actual path on two of the trips around the towers.
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You can click on the pictures to see them bigger.
Here Rich F., Udo, and Rich W. are mounting the antenna to the wing strut.
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Helmut gets some baseline readings with the signal strength meter.
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Here is a shot that puts the Cessna 175 and the Bonaire airport in perspective. The airport security guys must be scratching their heads at how that ocean liner sneaked in, heh-heh.
No Photoshop tricks here, just a small island and a telephoto lens.
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Taking off... you can see the antenna mounted under the wing on the left side of the plane.
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It was an interesting ride because the trade winds were a solid 26 knots, but initial indications are that they got good data.
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