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I've worked almost 1,000 stations so far in the couple of months I've been active aeronautical mobile, so I thought it only fair to add some information about the aircraft and the equipment.

The aircraft is a Boeing B757-200 with an Allied Signal / Rhode & Schwarz 400W transceiver installed. There are a number of items in the system including an audio selector panel for radio selection, PTT, and volume control, then the radio control panel which has frequency selection, mode control (AM/SSB), then transceiver, antenna coupler and finally antenna. The antenna is one section of the vertical stabiliser leading edge and like all components of the aircraft it is DC grounded.

Below is a picture of the radio control panel:

Below is a photo of the transceiver:

And finally an image from the maintenance manual depicting the antenna:

Regards

Stephen G7DIE