This is a question for avionics gurus. After one full year of good service, my
G5 EFIS with its enabled internal GPS antenna started to display wrong attitude
information. After talking to the G3X team at Garmin, a software update fixed
the issue, but after reviewing the recorded data of one of my flights, they
came back to me and suggested I install an external antenna to improve the GPS
reception. So I purchased a GA26C antenna (picture attached). The antenna comes
ready for use with an 8 ft cable and BNC connector. I need only 2 ft to install
the antenna on top of the instrument panel, therefore my questions: performance
wise, is there an inconvenience to install the antenna as it is and attach
the loops of extra cable length together? Is it worth cutting the extra length
and install a new BNC connector? Would that reduce possible losses and/or
susceptibility to electromagnetic interferences ?
Remi Guerner
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