September 1 2021,
I purchased from Aircraft Spruce the ADSB U-Avionics Sky-ECHO package with the antenna and the wireless controller box. I installed into the aft area behind the baggage compartment fully inside of the tail cone of the plane. I installed in a totally removable method so that should the next owner not want it I could remove it with ease. The antenna needed a ground plane made up for it and I fabricated my usual octagon shaped aluminum plate type and mounted to a wood standoff glued to the floor. The antenna of course can see through fiberglass like it was not even there.
Update: After flying quite a few flights with the ADSB I am thoroughly pleased with the unit and it's operation. Although in Canada we presently do not have 978mhz weather and notams I recently heard a company down east has about four towers working well in Ontario. Maybe it will be spreading out across the country soon.
Presently I am able to see lots of other airplanes in the sky around me many of which I could never see in the past. Because there are few airplanes with ADSB out in Canada yet many which have the new mode S Transponders with Extended Squitter, I am able to see many on my tablet map. My estimation is that I on;y see about 30% of all VFR traffic since most are using standard Mode C transponders just squaking 1200 frequency. I do foresee that this will be a emerging market with more airplanes gettting ADSB soon.
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