vickyv, I do appreciate your explanation on the new 'bits' hanging off the bottom. On the other hand, I suspect you are just passing on what you've been told - and you've been told porkies. £150 a metre for low loss cable
The new antennas are a serious eyesore, very badly thought out and, I suspect, an indicator of where to look to fix the very poor VHF comms overheard by spotters.
And is it true that the 'homebuilt' quality VOR antenna knocked 50 Knots off the Max allowable operating speed? ( I bet
that limitation was only discovered after the event! )