Piper J3
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I have a RV-12 with Garmin 327 Transponder and a non-WAAS Garmin 296 GPS. The GPS antenna is mounted under the fiberglass engine cowling. I’m getting close to purchasing an echoUAT/SkyFYX system and have a couple of questions…
1) Uavionix now has two types of WAAS sources - SkyFYX or the SkyFYX-EXT. Which would be better choice if I mount under the cowling next to the existing GPS antenna for the Garmin 296?
2) Can the ADS-B WAAS antenna be mounted directly next to an existing GPS antenna without signal problems? This would make a clean installation.
3) Uavionix says to mount their antenna on the belly of the airplane 1 meter from both transponder and comm antennas. I have xponder ant near firewall and comm ant about 1 meter behind it. Do I have to install the new ADS-B antenna 1 meter behind the comm ant? That’s going to put it half-way into the tail cone.
Thanks in advance…
1) Uavionix now has two types of WAAS sources - SkyFYX or the SkyFYX-EXT. Which would be better choice if I mount under the cowling next to the existing GPS antenna for the Garmin 296?
2) Can the ADS-B WAAS antenna be mounted directly next to an existing GPS antenna without signal problems? This would make a clean installation.
3) Uavionix says to mount their antenna on the belly of the airplane 1 meter from both transponder and comm antennas. I have xponder ant near firewall and comm ant about 1 meter behind it. Do I have to install the new ADS-B antenna 1 meter behind the comm ant? That’s going to put it half-way into the tail cone.
Thanks in advance…
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