Tony Partain
Well Known Member
I was flying back from Hondo TX on Sunday and my Garmin 296 stopped receiving satellite signals for about 15 minutes. The unit has worked fine for several months. The satellite page was showing a couple of satellites with week signals but would not acquire any more, then about ten minutes later it acquired several and worked fine. The first clue that the signal was fading or being interrupted was the vertical nav feature would stop working. The external gps antenna is mounted on the glare shield and the XM antenna is mounted there too. I?ve used the XM radio several times in the past and it produced no signal problems.
The only thing that has changed is a remote antenna for a XM radio. Has anyone experienced a problem with one of these? Or am I looking in the wrong place? Any suggestions? I called Garmin, but the response was a I dunno.
The only thing that has changed is a remote antenna for a XM radio. Has anyone experienced a problem with one of these? Or am I looking in the wrong place? Any suggestions? I called Garmin, but the response was a I dunno.