Willie, It sounds from your replies that top of instrument panel gives OK
results, but I wonder whether the fuselage top between your doors may give
even better results, as I can imagine that pilot and passenger will blank
some satellites for a panel aerial in some situations. Everyone I have flown
with on the trips I have done in Italy have lost GPS signal at some point,
but I never did. I had tended to put this down to superior performance of my
Garmin 295 as opposed to most people's Skymaps, but it may be because I have
my aerial above head level. The cable supplied by Garmin and by Blue
Mountain is plenty long enough to reach there, and otherwise gets coiled up
behind the panel where it could possibly be subject to electronic
interference. Regards, David
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Harrison" <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 11:15 AM
Subject: Europa-List: GPS antennae siting
<willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
>
> Hi Folks
>
> Does anyone know if a GPS antenna can "see through" the top of the
> instrument pod satisfactorily if it is located on the underside of
> the top of the pod?
>
> Cheers
>
> Willie
>
>
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