Paul,
I initially mounted the Skymap antenna in the top, inside, of the
instrument panel. After losing signal on several flights, I found that
the GPS did not like the antenna above the instruments/radios in the
panel. I moved it to the overhead area between the doors (inside the
plane) and have had no trouble since.
Terry Seaver
A135 / N135TD
Paul Atkinson wrote:
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 05:34 am, DJA727@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 11/4/2002 9:00:41 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> > hagargs@earthlink.net writes:
> >
> >> I am going to mount my hand held GPS for use in the cockpit. It has
> >> the
> >> option for remotely mounting of the antenna. Upon perusal of the
> >> Aircraft Spruce catalog it seems all the units they have are
> >> multi-hundreds of dollars!!!. I want to put it in the ceiling between
> >> the two doors. Does anyone have any experience with a home made or
> >> non-aircraft remote antenna in this application. I was looking for a
> >> sub-$100 unit for an antenna since the whole GPS is only $450.
> >> SteveA143Mesa,
> >> AZ --- Steve Hagar--- hagargs@earthlink.net
> >>
> >
> > I tested my Garmin 295 remote antenna that came with the GPS and put it
> > under
> > the fiberglass between the doors. It worked absolutely perfectly. I did
> > in
> > the pasta purchase a remote antenna that I used with a GPS90 in the
> > past - it
> > was about $89 if I remember right -- a generic antenna -- it worked well
> > also. most handheld GPS units come with a remote antenna. The ones from
> > ACS
> > are aircraft and usually designed to be mounted externally. A plain old
> > antenna stuck in that area between the doors should be fine.
> >
> > Dave
> > A227
> > Mini U2
> >
> >
>
> I have done a similar experiment (if you can call it that) with my
> Skymap using the portable antenna that came with it. It had no problem
> getting a fix in a few seconds both inside my house, and in the garage,
> with the instrument panel in the plane and the antenna perched on top of
> it. So my plan is to mount the antenna on top of the panel on the
> assumption that a few mm of perspex will degrade the signals rather less
> than a 19in thick stone wall.
>
> Paul
>
> paul@theatkinsons.demon.co.uk
>
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