Regarding portable GPS devices....
I did a liitle searching around in regards to GPS interference. I am finding that the G296 is fairly unreliable in congested airspace. I've had episodic failures over LAX, and in the South Bay with repeated episodes of signal loss near RHV. The outages are complete and typically 1 to 2 minutes in duration. Almost never occurs in the boonies. Curiously my panel mounted Apollo GPS seems much less problematic.
It appears that these units are suseptible to radio interference (this is Garmin's explanation).
Sooo....I'm curious, are you guys using portables and if so are you having this kind of trouble?
Jeez
I did a liitle searching around in regards to GPS interference. I am finding that the G296 is fairly unreliable in congested airspace. I've had episodic failures over LAX, and in the South Bay with repeated episodes of signal loss near RHV. The outages are complete and typically 1 to 2 minutes in duration. Almost never occurs in the boonies. Curiously my panel mounted Apollo GPS seems much less problematic.
It appears that these units are suseptible to radio interference (this is Garmin's explanation).
Sooo....I'm curious, are you guys using portables and if so are you having this kind of trouble?
Jeez