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Going Glass
...I want it behind the panel with a relatively thick RG-400 coax cable heading off to the antenna under the copilot seat? Or would I put the unit next to...
Second Chance Six
...and various harnesses. I also got a RAMI AV-74 transponder/ADS-B blade-type antenna. The autopilot was to be added later on because I was quickly becoming broke. A few weeks after...
Going Glass
...for SkyView but I learned that the SV-GPS-250 receiver/antenna module has a much faster refresh rate—5 Hz rather than the more common 1 Hz. In early flights, it was clear...
Franklin vs. Edison et al. and Marconi
...(I use the “G” because nine times out of 10, I get Guglielmo wrong). Think about it…a metal airplane, a wire antenna ground plane, an automobile chassis, a metal radio...
Sporty’s L6 Transceiver
...to an external antenna and you’ll communicate with similar performance as a panel radio. But you won’t plug a twin-plug GA headset into the L6. It caters strictly to the...
LSA Tail Stand
...the shop and the transponder was squawking at full strength. Go figure. For whatever reason, the dipole antenna I had been using wasn’t broadcasting anymore. The antenna they used for...
Clever Stuff
...it is also Rovey’s comm antenna! The upper part of the tube contains coils which create the antenna, and trimming the length of the pitot tube itself tunes the SWR...
Garmin GTN 750 NAV/GPS
...the following items: tray backplate connector kit configuration module antenna Pilot’s Guide Cockpit Reference Guide GTN Series Familiarization DVD GTN Series PC Trainer Installation Manual Garmin Data Card Thanks Davi...
Ranting About All Those &%#@$! Screws
...white shark-fin transponder antennas? The plastic streamline coating on those looked like dried lava after maybe five hours downstream of my 540’s exhaust. My cure was to retreat to a...
Out of the Shadows
...hold the ADS-B avionics under my floorboard. I was not thinking about her being gone. I was thinking about how I was going to route the GPS antenna to the...
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