Paul,
I second Terry's advice, because I had to move my Skymap antenna from above
the panel to the overhead to improve the signal. I used to lose the signal
for about 10% of the time when it was above the panel, but now it is
overhead it is OK.
Regards, William
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Atkinson" <paul@theatkinsons.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Remote GPS antenna
>
> On Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at 05:02 pm, Terry Seaver wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> Thanks for that Terry. I don't know if it will be any better on top
> rather than inside, but I won't be cutting any wire until I have carried
> out further experiments. Were you able to tell what equipment was
> affecting it?
>
>
> Paul
>
> paul@theatkinsons.demon.co.uk
>
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